"Traffic" formulas

I know that there is no longer any kind of DWELL bonus, however TRAFFIC is still counted and listed along with other land values.

I am wondering how many "points" that each avatar is alloted per day to give to the traffic value of a parcel, the time increments and points that are given for each time increment.

That is the question regarding the total points per avatar and how it is assigned out during the period of one day.

Next, how often is the TRAFFIC value for a parcel updated, or adjusted?

It does appear that the "traffic" value for a parcel is still used to measure "popularity ranking" even if no DWELL bonus is given.

Any and all information regarding this would be most helpful.

Thank you for your assistance.

This on Traffic from F1Help!

How Traffic Works.

Imagine that every Resident has one point of traffic they can bestow each day. For their presence somewhere to count, they must be at that location for at least five minutes. So if a Resident logs in for five minutes and stays on a parcel of land for that time before then logging out, that parcel earns one point - because they spent all of their in-world time there.

Now lets say the next day the same Resident logs in and spends one hour in one place, and one hour in another place, then logs out. Each parcel they spend time on will get half of the traffic, so each will earn 0.5 points. So even though the Resident spent far more time in each location - they earn less dwell than the place she spent five minutes at the previous day.

Finally, on the third day - they log in and spend eight hours in one place, and two hours somewhere different. The first venue will get 0.8 points, and the latter will get 0.2 point of traffic.

So - the traffic generated by a Resident has nothing to do with the length of time they spend somewhere. It is based on the proportion of their in-world time they spend somewhere.

More info on Traffic is available here:
http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase/article.php?id=278