At 6:13 PM +0200 7/13/08, Joep Roebroek wrote:
I think, I will store the count and update it every 24 hours like
tedd, says. I have thought of that earlier but was woundering if there
might be another method.
But I am wondering how google estimates the number of results, but I
think that is a more complex thing :P.
Thanks for the responses :)
regards,
Joep
If you want to estimate the number of responses and present the user
with a more accurate estimate, that should be easy enough to do --
just look at the average for the last week; then update your estimate
accordingly; and fix the actual number every 24 hours.
For example, if you find that for the last week, your count increased
by 100 per hour, then every time someone access your application,
then create an estimation based upon that rate and record that in
your database. Then when the 24 marker passes, then synchronize to
the actual number and continue. That way the user will never see the
same estimate twice.
Cheers,
tedd
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