Do my own profile searches mess up the stats?

[polyniki]

Hey everybody,

from time to time I search freelancers with specific keywords to see how well ny profile ranks. So obviously I appear in search results. Does this mess up my profile view stats (Your profile was discovered X times last week). To put it in other words, does discovering my profile myself count as a profile discovery?

Thanks!

[m_sharman]

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Polyniki V wrote:

Hey everybody,

from time to time I search freelancers with specific keywords to see how well ny profile ranks. So obviously I appear in search results. Does this mess up my profile view stats (Your profile was discovered X times last week). To put it in other words, does discovering my profile myself count as a profile discovery?

Thanks!

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That's an interesting question - I don't really know the answer, however I'm not sure how meaningful the "view stats" data is.  For myself, I check it from time to time, but really the most critical metric for me is how many jobs I am offered and accepted.

For instance, I often receive invitation to interview, I decline a fair amount, so how does that factor into my "interviewed" stat?  IMHO, the data is far too generic to mean anything.