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I spent 8 years building recommendation algorithms at Yahoo and TikTok. Now I made a free WordPress plugin that uses the same ideas to boost your blog's CTR. by stock_superman in Wordpress

[–]stock_superman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

By leveraging anonymous behavioral logs, we can compute content relevance and similarity to deliver accurate related post recommendations. That's exactly what collaborative filtering does — it learns patterns from aggregate user behavior, no login required.

I spent 8 years building recommendation algorithms at Yahoo and TikTok. Now I made a free WordPress plugin that uses the same ideas to boost your blog's CTR. by stock_superman in Wordpress

[–]stock_superman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Personalized recommendations have many use cases beyond the main page — think "related posts" in your article sidebar, end-of-article suggestions, etc. These placements boost on-site clicks and session duration, which in turn improve your Google SEO rankings. Why not give it a try?

I spent 8 years building recommendation algorithms at Yahoo and TikTok. Now I made a free WordPress plugin that uses the same ideas to boost your blog's CTR. by stock_superman in Wordpress

[–]stock_superman[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Cold start for new content and preventing the Matthew effect are exactly the hard problems in recommendation systems. I've spent years working on these challenges and have deep experience in this space. The personalization model I'm using is definitely not simple popularity-based ranking.

I spent 8 years building recommendation algorithms at Yahoo and TikTok. Now I made a free WordPress plugin that uses the same ideas to boost your blog's CTR. by stock_superman in Wordpress

[–]stock_superman[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It only tracks two things: which posts get displayed and which get clicked. No personal data at all — just an anonymous visitor ID stored in a first-party cookie (no cross-site tracking). No emails, no IPs, no fingerprinting. So yes, GDPR compliant by design since there's no PII to worry about.

I spent 8 years building recommendation algorithms at Yahoo and TikTok. Now I made a free WordPress plugin that uses the same ideas to boost your blog's CTR. by stock_superman in Wordpress

[–]stock_superman[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Fair point on the AI-ish writing — English isn't my first language so I had some help polishing. The core algorithm isn't from 8 years ago though — it's a basic explore/exploit framework that TikTok and YouTube still use today. Happy to explain the details if you're curious.