How does placement in search work?

[mirakajira]

What determines how you show up in a chat search?  Is it by traffic, etc?  I have a business I market.  We are in SL desinations.  We have more traffic than other places, yet we show up fourth or fifth down the list?  Why is this?  Is it parcel size on the landmark?  What governs who shows up first?

[Amethyst Jetaime]

It isn't just traffic, which plays a minor part in search listing order.  LL uses a secret forumula to determine seach order and they aren't saying what it is so that people can't game the system.  However such things as how many people have you in their picks and parcel size, among other things, as well as traffic are used.

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[Lindal Kidd]

I'd sue the rascals, Counselor! :matte-motes-evil-invert:

[mirakajira]

lol Love it!