NZ Bear of the Truth Laid Bear, revered keeper of the Ecosystem has been tirelessly tweaking his code lately to try to... well, I guess the short answer is to make it harder to artificially inflate your rank through the indiscriminate usage of open trackback listings.

Longer answer can be found at the Bear's "Unveiling" post and/or the updated Ecosystem FAQ.

The result is that a lot of people experienced sudden, massive shifts in Ecosystem rank. Including my own 150 position plunge and devolution back to Large Mammal. Essentially, it's a new game with a new playing field. You're starting over.

Fortunately, basic strategy remains the same. It's all about seeding good will and reaping the rewards of positive attention. The more you use links and comments to reward the good posts of other people, the more you'll grow.

The Ecosystem re-formatting was just a bump in the road. The journey continues. Just try to relax & enjoy the adventure.

Posted by: Harvey at 02:47 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 Heh - that'll teach me to ignore the Ecosystem... LOL. I only go looking at that stuff when someone makes particular mention of it - otherwise - I find it fun... and I'm very impressed with NZ bear's work... it's just that rankings have never been my goal. So, I'll just blog along as usual. And let everyone else get bent about what really is not such a big deal. *grin* After all - I think I still have about the same number of readers as I always have - it may go up or down periodically - but overall it's consistent.

Posted by: Teresa at December 08, 2005 03:06 PM (FZwDL)

2 If I had not heard people talking about it, I wouldn't have even known. Heck, I still don't have it working right on my blog. It doesn't display what I am, and hasn't since I moved to mu.nu.

Posted by: vw bug at December 08, 2005 03:32 PM (BAHyt)

3 Dude... all you got to do is put your blog name on comments at sites that have a drop down comment viewing script and they get added to the count... but only for one comment-link on a front page.

Posted by: Madfish Willie at December 08, 2005 08:13 PM (0/gfb)

4 vw bug: I think there is a post at Munuviana that deals with this issue... check the stuff in the sidebar under Useful Thingies!

Posted by: Madfish Willie at December 08, 2005 08:15 PM (0/gfb)

5 One of these years, I'm going to write my own damn scripts to track links and stuff for everyone. The fact that *I* will always end up in the #1 spot will be total coincidence...

Posted by: Ogre at December 09, 2005 05:51 AM (/k+l4)

6 Sites that have that have a drop down comment viewing script? What sites have those? Any I've heard of?

Posted by: basil at December 10, 2005 04:30 PM (HGSz8)

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