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From the article, we know there is a problem with the algorithm change because the "other product pages" graph stops matching the other graphs, see the orange l

From the article, we know there is a problem with the algorithm change because the "other product pages" graph stops matching the other graphs, see the orange line here after the start of October: http://greyaliengames.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/RegencyTraffic.jpg http://greyaliengames.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/RegencyTra... > every time his game was being promoted, somebody else's wasn't This isn't necessarily true. Imagine a recommendation list of 4 items being shortened to a list of 3 items... Or 4 small promotional thumbnail links being redesigned into a single larger image link for a single game. That larger image isn't going get 4x the traffic + clicks just because it's 4x bigger.

babuskov 8y ago
> This isn't necessarily true. Imagine a recommendation list of 4 items being shortened to a list of 3 items... Or 4 small promotional thumbnail links being redesigned into a single larger image link for a single game. That larger image isn't going get 4x the traffic + clicks just because it's 4x bigger. But that isn't the case here. "More like this" list was always 12 games. Both before and after the October change.