[Design] SotM11: BoF meeting

Michal Migurski mike at stamen.com
Thu Sep 15 19:00:39 BST 2011


On Sep 15, 2011, at 9:30 AM, Tom Hughes wrote:

> 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.


Sure, but does piwik actually give us the numbers we'll want? I looked at it and saw lots of traditional server metrics, but had a hard time seeing what they offered in terms of OSM-specific application and user metrics.

I looked here:
	http://piwik.org/docs/piwik-tour/

-mike.

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