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    Posted: January 09 2022 at 08:01
It was fun to see Osanna's Landscape of Life as the most popular album for several days.

I would imagine that's the most attention the album has EVER received LOL

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same album in the "most popular album last 24 h" for close to two weeks. 
Could be right or the glitch is back again. LOL But I for one do not know. LOL
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So here is the scoop. An album was added to an extremely popular artist. The album was just a remaster with no additional material and therefore not eligible for a new entry. The album went to a temporary repository where it existed without and artist to link to. That is why we were seeing it as a dead link. The problem with the "Most Popular Album Last 24 hour" feature is that it is self-perpetuating. It's the largest cover on the front page so it generates even more clicks. Including, I would imagine, more bot clicks. Even the dead link will generate bot clicks.

The album has now been deleted. There is no more MPAL24 cover or dead link on the front page. So once a different album has a higher number of views than the now deleted album, we should see a new cover up front.

Edit: I see it's already happened. We are back to buon vecchio Dream Theater.

Edited by Tapfret - November 11 2021 at 10:10

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There is a perfectly logical explanation for this. Update to follow.

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^ I thought there was something wrong with my internet, page not loading right or something because there was no cover there. LOL

So it's the same for everyone. 
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When I click the "image" it says:


ADODB.Field error '800a0bcd'

Either BOF or EOF is True, or the current record has been deleted. Requested operation requires a current record.

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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

MOST POPULAR ALBUM (last 24h) weirdness is back LOL
for the last 4-5 days, it's an Ayreon EP. 
I don't know what's so fascinating about that EP. LOL
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Temple of the Cat LOL

I knew it! There's a cat behind this mystery!!!

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MOST POPULAR ALBUM (last 24h) weirdness is back LOL
for the last 4-5 days, it's an Ayreon EP. 
I don't know what's so fascinating about that EP. LOL
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^Thanks. Something phishy is definitely afoot.

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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

If it was irrelevant I wouldn't ask. Which anti-virus and what is the message you are receiving? Please.

I use Avast and when I click on the most popular album, they say it's infected with "URL:Phishing". I don't even know what that is TBH. 
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If it was irrelevant I wouldn't ask. Which anti-virus and what is the message you are receiving? Please.

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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:


when I click on it (most popular album) I get a threat message warning from my antivirus LOL

Which anti-virus are you using?



it's irrelevant, the whole thing is just funny. Smile


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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

It's weird but some Bots have clicked thsi album page frequently without breath (!) as Ian (Tapfret) says ... 

Anyone could try it on the album? Tongue

when I click on it (most popular album) I get a threat message warning from my antivirus LOL

Which anti-virus are you using?

 
Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I'd be tempted to remove it from the site and re-add it it so it gets a different album number and see if that throws the bot off.
 

The problem with that is there are already reviews for that album that would disappear with the album.

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^That's a brilliant idea.
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I'd be tempted to remove it from the site and re-add it it so it gets a different album number and see if that throws the bot off.
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The more i see that album on the home page the LESS i want to check it out

Now i'm confident i'll listen to EVERY album ever made EXCEPT that one

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Sounds like the site owner needs to look into blocking specific bots. Obviously you would want the search engine crawlers to continue to access the site, but a targeted one on a specific album sounds like somebody has too much time on their hands.
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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Yeah i've noticed that too.

I would guess that someone is clicking on that album several hundred times a day.

Church Chat Lady - Could it be?...Satan!!

That's what I thought, too. Funny to see it in this section so often... May I admit I haven't heard this album. Is it worth it? Kind of appalled with its length. Cry
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Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

^ Oh you are kinda real bot. Shocked

LOL

or maybe that album page is infected with something LOL
or my laptop is getting crappy LOL
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^ Oh you are kinda real bot. Shocked

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