[Design] SotM11: BoF meeting

[Tom Hughes]

On 15/09/11 06:53, Michal Migurski wrote:

> Tom, what do you think about something a bit more ghetto? Most analytics packages are front-ends to big, dumb log files (basically) and the kinds of metrics I'm imagining might not be captured by a standard collection of server metrics.
>
> The dream log file I have in mind would have five columns: tracking cookie, timestamp, OSM username (if any), URL path, and a message with some detail like "searched map", and it would be written by some ajaxy-javascript thing that would watch people's actions on the site, seeing things invisible to HTTP logs.
>
> A few metrics I've got in mind that can help us evaluate whether a site design helped after the fact are:
> 	- time on site, from page to page (more is better)
> 	- frequency and number of repeat visits (more is better)
> 	- follow-on signups (more is better)
> 	- interactions with the slippy map (where do they pan/zoom to?)
> 	- search terms typed into the box (what kinds of things do they look for?)
>
> Tom, would it be interesting to you to help instrument the site in this way, in a hacked-up way at first?

That sounds like far more work than installing piwik to be honest.

Tom

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