I faked data for a client once. He had phpbb running and wanted a script that would slowly and randomly generate views on a specific topic. Since this was jus

I faked data for a client once. He had phpbb running and wanted a script that would slowly and randomly generate views on a specific topic. Since this was just a field in a database, it involved some simple update code. The results? More people are interested in anything that they think are popular (or they are curious as to why so many people viewed it). My client got more actual hits overall on these topics.