Public worlds listing

[Leora Jacobus]

If I look at the list of Public Worlds .... or give a search word like "free" and get a selection ... they are listed in a certain order on several pages that I can browse ... but WHAT order? Obviously NOT "alphabetically" and NOT "newest first" .... Is it "most visited first"? or just "random"?

Wouldn't it be a good idea to be able to choose among these options?

[Ilan Tochner]

Hi Leora,

The worlds are automatically ranked according to various criteria that are designed to provide visitors with a good inworld experience:

- The relevance of the search term - worlds without a good description often rank lower.
- The number of people currently inside that world - worlds with more people are ranked higher.
- The cost of visiting that world - worlds that offer free access rank higher.
- The quality of the world page image - worlds with images that show actual inworld pictures rank higher than worlds with other types of images (or ones without any images).
- The number of social media likes the world received (using the embedded social media buttons on the world page)
- The complexity of the build - worlds with interesting builds rank higher than worlds that aren't as developed.

[Leora Jacobus]

You mean like THIS?? (scrennshot I just took from the bfirst page I get searching "public worlds"

[Ilan Tochner]

All those education-related public worlds (the ones without a picture) were active with people inside them when you took the screenshot. If you search again now you'll see a different sort order (it's very dynamic).