Method and system for viral promotion of online content

A computer-implemented method for promoting online content, the method comprising the steps of:

• a. publishing content on a web page of an online network;
• b. monitoring, via a computer interface, the online network in real time after publication for an amount of paid-for views of the online content and an amount of not-paid-for views of the content;
• c. computing, at a server, a viral potential for the content based on a ratio of the not-paid-for views to the paid-for views;
• and
• d. determining whether the viral potential satisfies a minimum threshold and if so, promoting, via an online interface, the content on the network.

A computer-implemented method comprising, at a server:

• collecting traffic from online sources evidencing viewing of online content;
• categorizing the traffic as:
• a paid-for view where a domain of a referrer of the online content is the same as a domain of a URL of the content;
• a not-paid-for view where a domain of a referrer of the online content is different than
• a domain of the URL of the content or no referrer is identified in the traffic;
• computing an amount of not-paid-for views;
• computing an amount of paid-for views;
• computing a ratio of the not-paid-for views to the paid-for views;
• determining whether both of the ratio and the amount of not-paid-for views satisfy respective thresholds.