Scratch

As I have said here: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=30916:
Ok, so you've got the project. But nobody is looking at it! What should you do?
There are many things that you can do. Don't believe people when they say show and tell is the best place. It's so crowded that unless your title is really attention grabbing,  only one or two people will view it. But it's worth a try if you have the time. Some ways of getting views include:

1. Show and tell forums
Not the best place to go unless the title is really eye catching.

2. Advertising in signatures
You can put a link to your project in your signature. A really cool image helps to attract attention. Some people will also give free advertising space in their signatures if you ask, although there are normally long lines for this.

3. Making friends
Making REAL friends, not just somebody on your friends list, can get you some views. They will probably look at your projects, and might tell their friends about it! You can also end up having your project suggested for featured like this! One way to make friends is commenting on other people's projects.

4. Advertising in other places
You can advertise on other forums and places too! This generally is the worst way, unless you're the admin (or just well known) of the site.

5. Making good projects
Making good projects will mean that people want to look at your stuff more.

6. Being helpful
This really just means helping people with things. You may get a reputation for being helpful, and people might look at your stuff even more!

And also, remember. There are some things that you should NOT do if you want views. They include:

1. Spamming
Nobody likes a spammer.

2. Flaming
Nobody likes somebody who just insults people.

3. Making pointless projects
People will look less often.

Another thing I've noticed that no one has picked up particularly on is posting your project to the Scract Design Studio gallery. Although your project has to be about a specific topic, you get the chance to be on the Scratch frontpage under the heading 'Projects from Scratch Design Studio' (which I think is randomly generated projects from the gallery). If it's on the front page then it's more likely to be noticed!

markyiscool wrote:

Another thing I've noticed that no one has picked up particularly on is posting your project to the Scract Design Studio gallery. Although your project has to be about a specific topic, you get the chance to be on the Scratch frontpage under the heading 'Projects from Scratch Design Studio' (which I think is randomly generated projects from the gallery). If it's on the front page then it's more likely to be noticed!

The thing is, most scratch design studio projects only stay there for a day. They're cycled through but somehow mine are always ignored, so this is not a good way.

coolstuff wrote:

juststickman wrote:

markyiscool wrote:

Another thing I've noticed that no one has picked up particularly on is posting your project to the Scract Design Studio gallery. Although your project has to be about a specific topic, you get the chance to be on the Scratch frontpage under the heading 'Projects from Scratch Design Studio' (which I think is randomly generated projects from the gallery). If it's on the front page then it's more likely to be noticed!

The thing is, most scratch design studio projects only stay there for a day. They're cycled through but somehow mine are always ignored, so this is not a good way.

I think Design Studio projects are generally sorted by their view count, which would mean otherwise.

On the contrary - they're selected randomly. Lightnin said so in his reply to Dab1998 on the DS gallery "World Cup!", less than a day ago.

I guess the reason the ones on the front page always seem to have a larger view count than the others is because they're on the front page - indeed, at an off-peak time, I saw a project on the SDS section with just 4 views