"You might also like" pop up box

1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Dec 8, 2012 at 12:43 am
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@notawoodpecker

…it would only show other children’s sites.

I think you mean “should only show”
as gilbrown said:

Our goal is to gather some data on how well the algorithm works.

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/you-might-also-like-pop-up-box?replies=40#post-1089662
It’s apparent that the algorithm is not yet very well refined.
traceyupchurch · Member · Dec 8, 2012 at 1:10 am
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@notawoodpecker I don’t have an “in the meantime, random posts are OK” clause on my kids’ reading.

On tags etc, no, not the same. Plus they tend to be small (and in some themes, you can hide them — e.g. the very lovely Portfolio).

Tags don’t pop up. My issues with the button, aside from the randomness of the links, are also the aesthetics and the quality control. They’re not ads. We all understand ads — they’re there for commercial reasons and I had WordAds on one blog. But a “you might also like” button is different; it implies a similarity between the content. Even if the links were related, which they’re not yet, they’re not quality controlled in any way. Do I want my potential post on religion and Christmas to be linked to a church site? A religious nutter? A condemnatory atheist? No.
Not to mention comments. I like comments, but this little box waits till the reader’s right down at the end of the post and then just as they reach the comment form, *up it pops*. Oh hello.

My latest click sums it up perfectly. I wrote a post on other people’s short fictions — well written stories that I enjoyed and want to share with my readers: http://traceyupchurch.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/other-peoples-shorts/
*pop* — YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE this: http://odizzey.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/calculating-insanity-blogaton-blogadda/
traceyupchurch · Member · Dec 8, 2012 at 9:01 am
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I notice this morning there is a feedback button on the pop-up box. When I first saw it, not knowing what it was, I thought I’d been infected by malicious adware and spent time checking my anti-virus cover and running stinger apps. I also ran different browsers and surfed a lot of websites to find out where it was popping up, and it took me a while to figure out it was a WP tool. During that time, there was no way I would have clicked a link in the box.

If you want everyone to click on it, you might have to tell them what it is, otherwise the only people who click are going to be the people who recognise it and like it and your results will be biased.

I love it here on WordPress.com. The themes are great — a big thumbs up in particular to the Theme Foundry — and the support (WP and Theme Foundry) is brilliant. I don’t really want to go elsewhere, but I can’t have that box on my sites. I’ve disabled my domains to reduce/kill traffic for now, but I need to know whether to set up alternative sites.

Please can you give me an idea of when the off button will be available?

Thanks.
justjennifer · Member · Dec 8, 2012 at 11:24 am
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And what exactly gets “recommended” when the post content is visual and not verbose?
traceyupchurch · Member · Dec 9, 2012 at 12:35 pm
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A point of interest, my theme’s responsive. Unless I max up the screen, the box covers up the WordPress.com footer text and the theme attribution. “Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Portfolio by The Theme Foundry.”
absurdoldbird · Member · Dec 27, 2012 at 1:17 pm
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So, it’s a couple of weeks since this thread. Any developments on it? Because I DO NOT WANT (and yes, I’m yelling) it on my blogs, particularly not the one that has my artwork as I’m using it as a website.

I understand it’s not ‘advertising’ in the sense of the stuff that one can apply the ‘no ads’ upgrade to but it is still advertising other blog posts on other blogs. I do not want people to be sent off to sites other than my own. Please, please ensure that there is an opt out – not just for business sites but for everyone.
absurdoldbird · Member · Dec 27, 2012 at 1:19 pm
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This is the artwork sites, so you can see how offensive to me it would be there: http://artbyvalerde.com

I have the no-ads upgrade. Will I know need to pay for a no-‘you might also like’ upgrade? I do hope not…
martinremy · Member · Dec 27, 2012 at 4:27 pm
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@absurdoldbird this test is no longer running. As I said above, if/when we release this as a feature, there will be a way for sites to opt out.
timethief · Member · Dec 27, 2012 at 9:56 pm
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@martinremy
If that testing we were not aware of is done then exactly when was it brought to an end please?

I am asking because I was livid when I saw this on my blog that has a No-Ads upgrade: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/?attachment_id=17332

Increasing page views means more income for WordPress.com so “no” I don’t accept the it’s not commercial advertising interpretation. Any widget plonked onto my blog that drives traffic to any external sites is a form of advertising that increases page views and income.

1. Are you in a position to promise that my blog at http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com which has a NO-Ads upgrade will not be used in any future experiments like this one?

Are you in a position to promise that my blog at http://thistimethisspace.com which does not have a NO-Ads upgrade will not be used in any future experiments like this one?

Thanks, in advance, for your answers.

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