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Index of Subjects Hi I think maybe we should develop a Web Hits Users Guide. Many people do not fully understand what 'hits' actually mean, and how log files can be used for site analysis. For example, getting a list of hits in a tree structure, to some, would indicate a causal relationship. It is assumed that hits on the parent page should be greater than or equal to the sum of hits on all child pages. The difference (parent hits less sum of child hits) would indicate where only the parent page was viewed. But in reality, this is not necessarily the case. Some users bookmark pages, and may return directly to a child page. The sum of child page hits could exceed the hits on a parent page. Some users refresh pages, thus increasing page counts. Analysis of log files can only provide some general indicators. Trend - is traffic increasing or decreasing. Popularity - (more vs less) may be inferred by the magnitude of hits. Display of a page does not mean the the content was actually conveyed, only that the 'next' button was selected. One cannot assume that the user actually read the page. A users guide could save our users a lot of unproductive time and effort by at least pointing out the pitfalls of log file analysis. Maybe this could be an IP or Tech Committee project for the coming year. It would be a valuable service for our membership. Doug McCann Quoting "David L. Potter" <potter@chebucto.ns.ca>: > > Hi Don... > > I've included the IP committee and ccn-tech to make sure we get feedback > from all sides... I'm assuming this to be an report directed towards an > individual IP (Information Provider) so it could be delivered for > example) by email with simple text or text-delimited formating. Does > this, in you mind need to be an 'on demand' report or can it be set up to > be generated on a monthly basis? > > Another possibility is that we strip your stats out of the site stats and > copy them into your IP directory on a daily basis... this would allow > you, as an IP, to develop your own cgi scripts that provided different > 'views' of the data for your own purposes... > > david potter > > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Don Tate wrote: > > > David > > > > Took a bit of time to see if I could decide just what I really would > > like to see. > > > > Here is an idea of what I would like. > > > > We have a number of top-level directories, for example C1921 of which > > each contain a number of sub directories and pages. > > > > I would like to query a top level directory and receive a display of > > every page contained in that tree and their associated hits. Would think > > this might be possible with a CGI-bin script as that is what I believe > > you are using for the present queries. > > > > What I try to do here is look to see where the users are actually going. > > Right now I am tracking about 40 separate pages but have run into a > > problem in that I only seem to be able to account for about 30 percent > > of the traffic to say the Bonavista site (Sub Directory Bonavista) I am > > tracking the top level and each of the second level directories (Smiles, > > Parish, Songs, etc.) on a daily basis. The totals for the second level > > do not match the totals for the top level daily. Thus I thought if I > > could see a summary that displayed every page under the top level I > > could see where these missing numbers were. Evidently there is something > > I am not looking at. I would also like to be able to either display > > and/or print out a master summary once a week or at least once a month > > that would list totals for every page on the site for a comparison. > > > > One last item, if I understand Bill correctly, I do not see any of the > > hits that come from incoming links set up on the GenWeb page of Bill > > Bakers. Am I correct in this assumption? If not, then is there a way > > that I can see the numbers for that? > > > > Dave, Thanks for all of your support and help for us here. It is > > sincerely appreciated. > > > > > > -- > > Don Tate > > Project 1904 (Transcribing the 1904 Provincial Directory) > > http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/NGB/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- This mail was sent through the Nova Scotia Provincial Server, with technical resources provided by Chebucto Community Net. http://nsaccess.ns.ca/mail/ http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/
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