So I went through a spell maybe 18 months ago, where several of my top producing 5 star cabins just stop booking, and never could figure out why other than perhaps an algorithm change.  

Quote from @Agustin Rossi: It's an algorithm based valuation based on internal data. 

Be careful with the free data sites, they really rely on algorithm which can pull some funny numbers. 

Interesting point about switching from STR to MTR and taking a hit in the algorithm.

We would discover with time that as flawed as credit score algorithms may be, a credit score below 600 meant a diminishing chance our owners were going to be paid.

This domain is available and such names are easier to get and google algorithm reads a-b-c.com as abc.com so it doesn't make any difference if you own abc.com or a-b-c.com as long as you have targeted the right keywords with rich content on them.

Zillow has nothing more than an algorithm that can significantly mislead at times.  

Its advanced linking algorithms scour billions of public and proprietary records—on an estimated 95% of the U.S. population—to deliver a comprehensive profile of people or businesses in seconds."

You can sync them with AirBnB and they'll algorithmically  generate codes based on a guest's stay and issue them duration based codes for their itinerary.

This is do to the algorithms they use and while I understand this form a business standpoint, human intervention and logic is sometimes needed to deliver the most accurate information.