Has traffic calculations changed as of 12/4/ 2015?

[wahhahaha]

Has LL changed calculation methods for traffic?

[Polymath Snuggler]

Not that I've heard.  Traffic calculations are consistently inconsistent.  LL wanted to do away with the entire system at one point.   If you're having anomalies in your traffic numbers give it a few days.  It should settle out.

[ChinRey]

Possibly. I checked the trafic count at my largest parcel and the number is very different from what I would have expected from previous figures and the traffic I know the parcel has had recently.

It shuldn't matter much though. As far as I know, traffic count hasn't affected search ranking for ages. It does affect the listing order if somebody deliberately chooses to list by traffic of course but apart from that, it's just a number.

[Rolig Loon]

No. Traffic is calculated the way it has been for years. You get one unit of traffic per minute for each avatar who stays in the parcel for at least 5 minutes.  So if five avatars enter your parcel and three leave within a couple of minutes, only the two who stay more than five minutes count.  And you get one traffic unit for each minute that they are there.  That system gives a truer picture of how many people actually spend time in a parcel rather than just popping in, taking a quick look, and vanishing.

[josie92]

It either has changed, or there is a glitch in the system.  Traffic #s are important as some use them to monitor how a club/shop or what not is doing look for problems that may need to be addressed.  I keep a spread sheet of traffic to a club for just this reason and numbers are way off what they should be today.