Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Below are some of the most frequently asked questions sent in by users of myScoop. You can help myScoop by sending in some of your own answers to questions you think belong in this FAQ. You can do so by using the contact us page.

 

 

What is Monthly and Daily Reach of a blog?

Your "reach" is the measurement of the total unique visitors myScoop has tracked on your blog versus the total unique visitors tracked throughout all the blogs registered on myScoop. Therefore the percentage shown is a representation of the total uniue visitors your site is receiving in relation to the total amount of visitors myScoop has recorded for all blogs registered with myScoop. Each unique visitor represents a unique IP address.

Formula: Reach = your unique visitors / total unique visitors tracked on all registered blogs

 

 

Why is there advertising on myScoop?

As you can imagine, myScoop uses a lot of bandwidth, and while keeping myScoop local, these bandwidth costs become increasingly costly. By taking an interest in the advertising displayed on the site, you are helping myScoop function and continue to grow. All forms of support are welcome. If you want to find out more on how you can help myScoop grow, contact me directly at nickduncan.sa@gmail.com

 

 

How do I install the tracking code into my WordPress Blog?

Follow these simple steps to get myScoop tracking installed on your WordPress blog:

1. Log in to your WordPress admin section.
2. Click on the "Appearance" link in the left colum of the admin section.
3. A sub-menu will appear below the "Appearance" link, click the "Widgets" link.
4. Drag the "Text" widget from the "Available Widgets" section to the "Sidebar" on the right.
5. Once the text widget has been inserted into the sidebar, a box will open. Insert a title of your choice such as "Found on:" or "Aggregated by:". In second, bigger box, copy and paste the tracking code of your choice from myScoop.
6. Click "Save".
7. Your tracking code installation should now be complete.

If you are still experiencing problems, please contact me directly at nickduncan.sa@gmail.com for further assistance.

 

 

How is the "Top User Engaged Blogs" section calculated?

myScoop runs through each blog and checks how many comments that particular blog has received in the passed 168 hours (exactly 7 days). It then checks how many articles have been posted in that time. Once those numbers have been calculated, myScoop then divides the amount of comments by the amount of articles to get the "user-engagement ratio"

Formula: User-engagement Ratio = Total comments in 7 days / Total articles in 7 days

 

 

How is the "State of the Blogosphere" calculated?

The state of the blogosphere analysis gives you information on how "active" the blogosphere is, both currently and historicaly.

 

"On Fire" blogs are blogs that average 10 or more article postings a week.
"Hot" blogs are blogs that average between 5 and 9.99 article postings a week.
"Active" blogs are blogs that average between 0.5 and 5 article postings a week.
"Inactive" blogs are blogs that average 1 article posting every 2 to 6 weeks.
"Dead" blogs are blogs that average less than 1 article every 6 weeks.

 

These stats are calculated using the date of the first article that myScoop has fetched for the particular blog and divides it by the total amount of days between that date and today.

 

Formula: Blog Active Rate = Total articles / (difference(today - date of first post) / 7)