Is The Moz Community Rankings broken?
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Not as active as I would have liked recently but still visit and login, answering a question now and again, yet I can see my profile is still listed as unranked. until recently I was somewhere around 45-49 and have been for many years - the criteria appears to be what it has for the last ten years or so. I see people with lower moz points outranking members with far more points. I can even see one with 0 points now appearing in the top 50 so my question is - is the moz community rankings broken or have I missed something? I know once before I pointed it out and it had to be fixed...input from all welcome
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Thanks for the update Christy
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Thanks for the additional feedback, Kevin Budzynski! Our engineers are looking into this issue and we'll update this thread with any updates we have. Thanks so much for your patience!
Kind wishes,
Christy
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Hi Matt Williamson - Thanks so much for letting us know about this issue! We know it is very frustrating, and our engineers are taking a look at it now. We'll post any updates we have in this thread.
Thanks so much for your patience. We appreciate you!
Christy
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It’s a shame as it gave a real incentive to people when it used to work properly. I’m hoping the Moz staff see this and give feedback or can look to get it fixed. Earning points and getting on the first page takes some doing and held some recognition over the years, so it would be good to see it working again
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It always seems to be buggy. Specifically, some users with more points are below others with less. I also clicked on some users that were high with zero. Once you clicked on them, you could see thay had points. See attached.
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Oh on a side note sorry if this is in the wrong category wasn’t an obvious choice unless I missed it
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