trending questions at the moment are dated:
18/05/2009
12/01/2014
25/12/2005
12/10/2012
How is that possible?
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Is there a code within the dates? (just reading a book on codes by Leo Marks, Between Silk and Cyanide)
Suspect it is due to the number of views. The trending questions I have are 'Display zero as - in excel' and 'how to display negative numbers in excel'.
If you Google these titles, probably fairly common questions for excel novices, the threads are number one in the natural search results.
Would be good to have some sense check in the system to display current trending questions though.
Hi all,
Thanks for noticing that the trending box is currently rolling back the years with some 'classic' questions.
It's not a new feature - we recently removed the previous software that drove the 'trending' boxes for articles and questions because it wasn't doing its job, and haven't quite got the settings for the new software right yet.
The old questions are mainly Excel-based I think, and are showing because Google rates them highly so they show up in searches, people keep clicking on them and they get a fair number of views on a regular basis.
We'll take a look this afternoon to see if we can get some more contemporary threads on display.
All the best and have a good weekend everyone,
Tom