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  1. Aug 20th, 2008, 08:46 AM #1
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    Thread View vs Downloads

    OK, there are 318 thread views, the jpeg in the thread there are 120 views, but there are 3,135 downloads of the zip attached

    http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=514742

    How on earth is that possible ?
    Did someone stay in the same thread and downloaded the zip thousands of times ?

    Something is fishy there...
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  2. Aug 20th, 2008, 09:05 AM #2
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    Re: Thread View vs Downloads

    People can download the code more than once....

    More likely, someone is linking to the download from a separate site.

    It is odd. I'll try to look into it farther when I get a few minutes.

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    Re: Thread View vs Downloads

    You can just post a shortcut to attachments in your reply (people do that often) so if someone interested they can download file without actually viewing the thread [I think].
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    Re: Thread View vs Downloads

    I know, but that is still a huge difference.

    And that whould still make it the most downloaded attachment of this year... and I'm sure that other programs/attachments are more nicer than my Code128 program... so I just don't see how could it be downloaded THAT many times...

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    ? 3139 / (Date - CDate("Mar 22, 2008")) = 20.65 downloads / day
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    Re: Thread View vs Downloads

    I wonder if someone is linking to your code from a code bank website, might be worth checking Google soon for link:http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.p...3&d=1206218849, this will show you (hopefully) if anyone is linking to your attachment, and more importantly, if they are trying to pass off your work as their own.
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  7. Aug 28th, 2008, 07:45 AM #6
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    Re: Thread View vs Downloads

    Last time I checked (before it jumpt so high), it was not more than 300 downloads (don't remember exactly).

    It looks like there was a burst of downloads, then it stopped... it has been 8 days since I made this thread, and not many downloads since: (3143 - 3135) = 8 downloads

    It would be interesting to see a log with the downloads, to see what day(s) this burst of downloads happend.
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  8. Aug 28th, 2008, 08:17 AM #7
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    Re: Thread View vs Downloads

    We don't have a standard log/report that shows individual file downloads. Getting the DBA to get that for us would be..... harder than getting a hack added to this forum

    Generally when there is a small bubble like you've seen it is because someone links to an item in a popular blog or other site.

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