I don't think that is true. @APieceOfRock got trending without updating for like 3-4 days.Everyone of the heavy hitters know it. Do you think they are for fun here? On RR it is the same. They are just waiting for the new algortihm to be broken and read again, so that they can adjust after the latest update.
The times where SH was a cosy little site are long over. The age of whales has begun.
The top dogs are here for money and nothing else. Obviously, they will use all means to defend their position and stay ahead of the curve. Like in real life, they will use their elbows.
It will show up on latest. You just have to make sure not to upload more than 3 chapters in one day after the first day
It will show on the latest(well at least it should if you don't get bugged). But if you decide to upload 4-5 chapters, the system will hide them.
More sites uploaded to means more viewers to add to your audience. RR is considered the 'big' site for western WNs, and SH is the easy alternative.
I'm kinda confused why you wrote this. It's just you wrote as a tip that we should upload daily, I wanted to hint that it's not like that. Maybe I missed something? Sorry.
The times where SH was a cosy little site are long over. The age of whales has begun.
It is a generally good tip. the problem is if you compete with the top spots you must beat the trending guys that are kinda self perpetuating at this point. Not as bad as when SH was born. there they were basically always the same as all new views got fed into them.I'm kinda confused why you wrote this. It's just you wrote as a tip that we should upload daily, I wanted to hint that it's not like that. Maybe I missed something? Sorry.
I guess I’m safe then. I can’t even write 2 chapters a week
Don’t worry, I won’t compete. I’ll just put out the best story I can and promote to the best of my power. Getting up there is possible
Don’t worry, I won’t compete. I’ll just put out the best story I can and promote to the best of my power. Getting up there is possible
That is the spirit, so welcome to the slow writer weekly club.
The algo is an enigma. I've hit top 9 trending twice (8th and 2nd) and I post twice a week. First time was on a thursday (I post mon and fri), and I had no new readers and lower than normal views for the three days before. The second time I did post on a wednesday in between for my birthday then trended #2 on Friday.
I should have known this was coming.You need to give my story a one-star rating to get on trending
I got popular by writing what is popular. I literally wrote an isekai in a similar vein as Overlord(ish). Though, the story has been since deleted. Along with most of mine
I obviously can't go check it, but I'd say Mad God by Corty is a good example of tagging and topic. Still a fantasy etc, but it has a lot of good niche tags that it shows up first page (now with a few hundred thousand views, but if you dig in those tags, its easily attainable to get to the first handful of pages).
Nah, you are wrong here. Writing what is popular is a key to a major success. Perhaps if you are aiming for moderate succsess, like getting 50k views or something finding a niche might work.
Personally, I think yes, it has to be popular. You can't just write genericly in those categories though without participating in a lottery. For every BL Smut novel at 100k views there are hundreds with 10 chapters and a few thousand views. If you don't have actual draw, you'll fizzle fast.
