Popularity bar on iTunes (Explanation Please? )

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Lounge' started by Syndicated Puzzles, Aug 9, 2009.

  1. Syndicated Puzzles

    Syndicated Puzzles Well-Known Member

    Search a product in the top right hand corner on iTunes. Enter the name of the product and you will find your search result in a list of products in an organized list below. This list of products also has a popularity graph (volume bar).

    Obviously my next question is the meaning of this bar and how iTunes determines the popularity of a product?

    Does anyone have the real answer.

    Jeff
     
  2. TMAC34

    TMAC34 Well-Known Member

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    just a wild guess...the length of its popularity is determined by how many ppl have purchased it...
     
  3. Syndicated Puzzles

    Syndicated Puzzles Well-Known Member

    The reason I am asking is Domino Dice went from 1 bar this morning to 16 bars in one day on iTunes/USA. It would be interesting to understand how that could happen. My suspicion is that it isn't sales oriented maybe a search count. Any ideas?
     
  4. Syndicated Puzzles

    Syndicated Puzzles Well-Known Member

    Also if you study the popularity graph on a lot of titles that you would expect to be doing really well, they don't have a lot of bars. So I am kind of lost. The bars are on the move up and down during the day. Could the graph be that sensitive to immediate actions related to a title?
     
  5. freedog

    freedog Well-Known Member

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    Apple does not have that stuff set up well. They really need to redo the whole system so its organized and more easily searchable.
     

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