It's that time of the month when our monthly ranking is magically - well, not so magically - reset to zero.

This means that those who just a few hours ago were in the top positions when visiting http://www.corank.com/tech/users/ now they're likely not there anymore.

But don't despair! First, the global ranking hasn't been reset (you can see it here). Second, because the counter is reset to zero for the monthly ranking, right now it takes very little for anyone to climb to position number one, or two, or three.

So if you're a seasoned veteran (well, coRank has been up only for less than a month, but I think it's ok to talk about veterans :-), just keep doing what you do, and you'll find your way to the top of the list fairly soon. And if you're new to coRank and wonder how in heaven could you catch up with those who have already been using coRank for the last few weeks, this is your chance to make it to the top (monthly) ranking. And once you're there, chances are people will be more "aware" of your existance, and you may find yourself becoming a source for other people, etc.

BTW, you may wonder, if the monthly counter has been reset to zero, who are those people that now appear in the first positions and why. Well, until we come up with a better solution, when everyone's monthly ranking is zero, coRank tends to score higher those who signed up first. So what you see now are basically the very first coRank users - who happen to be the people who participated in the closed beta phase.

But as you will see in the next few days, those lucky first users will be pushed down by people who are actually doing something (voting, submitting stories, becoming a source, etc.). It's just that, well, if everyone's monthly ranking is zero, we had to sort them some other way, but most likely we'll soon come with more creative ways to sort them for that very first day of each month.

One thing you should know is that the rankings (both global and monthly) are updated only once a day. So no matter what you or anyone else does in the next few hours, you will not see the table change until tomorrow.