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Suggestion add aquarank external account

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by CarpCharacin, Jun 6, 2016.

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    Could you make it so people can link their aquarank account? A lot of people use aquarank and with aquarank people can track their website statistics like google analytics, but people can also vote for sites to have a higher aquarank. I want to link my aquarank account , but i can't :oops:.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Link it for what purpose exactly? Accounts links here all have a specific reason for the link. Never heard of aquarank myself.
     
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    CarpCharacin Active Member

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    aquarank ranks websites. It is similar to analytics and it shows analytical information and people can vote. My site is in the top 250. http://www.aquarank.com/
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Er... looks like a directory for aquarium websites to me. I'm not sure what you would need a linked account for, but it's probably a bit of a moot point anyway because it doesn't look like they have an API *to* link accounts.
     
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    Not only is it a directory, it is a ranking and analytical system. I will email them to see if they have an API. EDIT: I just submitted a message on their site asking if they had an api. I hope they respond.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #6
    I don't see it happening. I don't see a reason a directory account would need to be linked. It would serve no purpose I can see. Also, it's not for all sites. It's just for one very small niche of sites.
     
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Oh honey!

    Seriously, it's a directory for aquarium people and there's nothing wrong with that but don't try to make out it's something more

    upload_2016-6-7_15-13-1.png

    I missed this initially

    upload_2016-6-7_15-14-18.png

    Only 86 people have been sufficiently motivated to create accounts? That's probably pretty good given the niche but it doesn't make it "mainstream" and of value to a significant number of our members.
     
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    I am a member and it is of significant value to me! It is a directory, but it is an analytics system also. Much better than google analytics and a google analytics account can be linked on here. I stopped using google analytics because aquarank is better.
    EDIT: There is no API. I am sad.
     
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Can you show me an example of their analytics reports?
    I'm fascinated that it's better than google analytics.

    What category would I submit my tech blog to?
    What category would I submit roommatecabins.co.nz to?
    What category would you submit digitalpoint to?

    People aren't going to value having a long list of sites they can link to - they want someone, in this case @digitalpoint, to pick the best-of-breed. Your site won't make the cut for a while yet.

    <meta name="description" content="AquaRank.com:    Top 250 Aquarium Websites voted by aquarium hobbyists."/>
    Code (markup):
    They appear not to be ready for submissions yet. I tried to add a site but couldn't get past the password verification. The passwords I entered matched but were constantly rejected.

    upload_2016-6-7_16-4-20.png
     
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    If you wrote an article about fish it would be under general aquarium and digitalpoint could be submitted if it had a fish subforum under forums. I have attached screenshots of their analytics. I only liked my site last night. You can not log in until the admin approves your site listing. Roommate cabins does not fall under what aqua ranks lists.
     

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    lol, so you don't even know if the site is any good. I thought you had been using it for a while and actually KNEW that they delivered. The stats you have shown don't give me any info about what devices are being used, what search terms, what age and gender, time of day or anything. Seriously if you think that's better than GA then your requirements are obviously different to the vast majority of GA users.

    Tell me why an internet marketing site would want to ditch their connection to Google Analytics in favour of a goldfish directory?
    And a directory that won't even list the sites of most of the people here unless they add a goldfish section?
    You know we have adult sites discussed and promoted here - you know what they'll add so they can be added to AquaRank, don't you?
     
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    Aquarank is only for fish sites.
     
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    You crack me up :)
     
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    And right here, I think we're at the gist of the problem. It's of value to YOU. Not for anyone else (on Digital Point). As for the stats they deliver, I see no real value in them at all, and definitely not that it's better than GA. This sounds like one of the typical entitlement-issues - "it's important to ME" - but not for anyone else, and with 86 members total, the site doesn't deliver any value either, even among aquarium sites (top 250 sites? With 86 members? Really?) Ambitious, but rubbish.
     
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    If NASA scientists knew about aquarank, they would use it.
     
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    Only if they had fishy sites.

    BTW do you know NASA scientists well enough to be able to justify such a bold claim? Could you get one to post here and endorse your site?
     
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    I'm wondering how long @CarpCharacin will be happy for this thread to be #2 in the serps for Aquarank
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    Aquarank is not my site. I have a fishkeeping forum. My site is in the top 10 aquarank sites under forums. Aquarank analytics are so good that if they weren't only for fish sites or websites at all, nasa scientists would use them to analyze their data. Also, i did not say that nasa scientists know about aquarank.
     
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    I'm curious what is the great part about their analytics? I mean the screenshot you posted might have been "okay" about 25 years ago when analytics wasn't a thing. I see absolutely nothing there other than a super rudimentary hit counter and link click counter.

    I mean does it even show you basic (by today's standards) analytics things like where your traffic is coming from or what sort of device your users are using?
     
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    I only showed one tab of it in the screenshot.
     
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