[plug] Application Rating

[Martin]

$author = "John Usher (Maptek)" ;
> 
> freshmeat.net has 'rating', 'vitality' and 'popularity' indicators. Not
> sure exactly how they are derived though. 

rating = average of user's scores for the app

vitality = how active development is for the app (measured by updates posted
           to freshmeat)

popularity = how often people downloaded the app (measured by click through)


hth
marty

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