Trending?
Mar 8, 2024 | 1:08 pm
#91
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I can sort of hypothesize why trending and/or new posts pages aren't appealing from IB's perspective; their SEO value is probably close to zero. The pages that attract views from the internet at large and can be marketed to them are presumably popular airline forums like BA (we've been told of its greatness many times) and travel hack type content (e.g. mileage run deals) that competes with blog sites.
The thing is, a lot of the people speaking up in this thread are the among the much smaller group of content creators who happen to enjoy trending threads.
Stripping away that functionality might seemingly be a smart use of IB's resources in the short term, but if the content creators drift away out of boredom, then the quality of the remaining content will diminish.
The thing is, a lot of the people speaking up in this thread are the among the much smaller group of content creators who happen to enjoy trending threads.
Stripping away that functionality might seemingly be a smart use of IB's resources in the short term, but if the content creators drift away out of boredom, then the quality of the remaining content will diminish.
The first link related to Flyertalk is the 21st result and links to a blog post from Jan 9, 2020, not the forums.
the 28th result is the UA thread “Everything You Want to know about where to sit on a 77-200 Polaris…”
The SEO for the forums is…dismal, at best.
Mar 8, 2024 | 1:18 pm
#92
Join Date: Jun 2019
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+1
It looks like there are a large number of longtime members who post rarely (myself included) mourning the loss of the trending list.
I don't expect it would take much to convince those members to drift away, perhaps they are not important in the greater scheme of things?
It looks like there are a large number of longtime members who post rarely (myself included) mourning the loss of the trending list.
I don't expect it would take much to convince those members to drift away, perhaps they are not important in the greater scheme of things?
Mar 8, 2024 | 1:25 pm
#93
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You guys know how reddit has basically engulfed the traditional forum structure?
there's a phenomenon where google search is so garbage nowdays where you'd google a question and append "xyz reddit" at the end so you can get more candid and succinct answers from what seemingly are real people
i do that with flyertalk!
"sheraton eau claires calgary flyertalk"
"air canada vdb compensation flyertalk"
and what happens when i get my own question answered? I click on the trending page to see what's new and notable on the board
at least that's what i used to do.
i was among the perfect organic traffic customers, i think
there's a phenomenon where google search is so garbage nowdays where you'd google a question and append "xyz reddit" at the end so you can get more candid and succinct answers from what seemingly are real people
i do that with flyertalk!
"sheraton eau claires calgary flyertalk"
"air canada vdb compensation flyertalk"
and what happens when i get my own question answered? I click on the trending page to see what's new and notable on the board
at least that's what i used to do.
i was among the perfect organic traffic customers, i think
Mar 8, 2024 | 2:07 pm
#94
Join Date: Jul 2022
Location: Madrid
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As I result of the FOMO from the loss of the trending tab, I looked for alternatives and see there are RSS-era see-everything "New Posts" and "Posts from Last day"
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...1785139&query=
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...1785134&query=
What's the difference?
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...1785139&query=
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...1785134&query=
What's the difference?
Mar 8, 2024 | 2:23 pm
#95
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: NT Australia
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Posts: 4,633
As I result of the FOMO from the loss of the trending tab, I looked for alternatives and see there are RSS-era see-everything "New Posts" and "Posts from Last day"
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...1785139&query=
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...1785134&query=
What's the difference?
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...1785139&query=
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sear...1785134&query=
What's the difference?
Mar 8, 2024 | 2:33 pm
#96
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Location: Madrid
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But yes, please bring back a trending page, ads injected and option to filter out BA
Mar 8, 2024 | 4:19 pm
#97
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Tokyo
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FT Issues
If I click the flyer talk logo I get a page with trending posts on the right hand side, there is a button that says see all but when I click this I get a blank page saying "page not found "
Please can anyone help ?
Please can anyone help ?
Mar 8, 2024 | 4:43 pm
#99
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Tokyo
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Not sure if intentional or whether I’ve highlighted something that will be shut off, but I’m thankful trending is still accessible by this url https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trending.php
This does not work for me
This smells like all the FF program changes :
We have listened to our customers and so we have enhanced away the things they like, but dont worry we will keep telling them its better.
Last edited by cblaisd; Mar 8, 2024 at 5:45 pm Reason: merged poster's two consecutive posts
Mar 8, 2024 | 5:45 pm
#100
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Did thousands complain about its existence ?
Mar 8, 2024 | 6:00 pm
#101
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I just wish mobile at least had "new posts". With trending gone, mobile is left with nothing.
Mar 8, 2024 | 6:08 pm
#102
Join Date: Dec 2019
Programs: Koru 🥈😅, Krisflyer 🥇, PPS
Posts: 95
Sadly it has been deactivated. I quite liked the trending page because I would see posts that might interest me in forums I wouldn't usually frequent.
Mar 8, 2024 | 6:16 pm
#103
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Location: Shanghai
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Agreed. If maintaining the "trending" algorithm is a significant cost item (though, is it?), new posts might be an okay compromise (at least IMO because I don't mind scrolling through a few pages on the desktop site).
Mar 8, 2024 | 6:48 pm
#104
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I agree, I really miss it and hope they reinstate it. How was it harming anyone? If you wanted to click on posts of interest you did, if you didn't, you didn't.
Mar 8, 2024 | 7:09 pm
#105
Join Date: Dec 2019
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I knew about the deactivation. Not about this thread. Sadly I don't ever remember seeing a thread opposing the deactivation of the trending page on the trending page itself.