Updated DITA XML.org Traffic report

["Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jose Marquez [mailto:jose.marquez@oasis-open.org] 
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:42 PM
To: Carol Geyer
Subject: Re: FW: FW: [dita-fa-edboard] Traffic and mission

Hi Carol,

I've attached the somewhat spam-free list of referral/external sites; I'm 
still working on dealing with the feeds, so it's unlikely I'll have that list 
by 2 pm, but I'll let you know.

Jose

On Thursday 10 May 2007 11:25:40 am you wrote:
> Jose,
> The DITA XML.org Editorial Board has its monthly call today at 2:00. Can we
> provide them with the revised list you referenced below?
> Thanks,
> Carol
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Geyer [mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:45 PM
> To: 'dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org'
> Subject: FW: FW: [dita-fa-edboard] Traffic and mission
>
>  FYI, from the OASIS webmaster...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jose Marquez [mailto:jose.marquez@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:12 PM
> To: Carol Geyer
> Cc: 'Greg Rundlett'
> Subject: Re: FW: [dita-fa-edboard] Traffic and mission
>
> Hi Carol,
>
> I appreciate the Board's observations and questions; as a result, I've
> built a crude filter (no pun intended) to remove the gambling/pills/porn
> referrals, so I can send them a revised list for that. As for their feed
> concerns, there's some suggestions on dealing with feeds and aggregators in
> an oldish (June 2004) posting I found online:
>
> http://jogin.com/weblog/archives/2004/06/15/statistics
>
> I was searching for ways of dealings with feeds using our existing stats
> analysis tool (AWStats) and found that. I would be shocked that 3 years
> later, there isn't better information about handling feeds online, and I'll
> seek it out. I'll also talk to Greg and Neil about implementing some of the
> ideas in the blog entry above, as they appear to have value outside of just
> the dita.xml.org site.
>
> Jose
>
> On Monday 30 April 2007 03:10:50 pm Carol Geyer wrote:
> > Jose,
> > Thanks for sending the DITA XML.org traffic report. Below are some
> > observations/questions from the Editorial Board:
> > __________________________________________________
> >
> > The numbers could use some more massaging before we use them to draw
> > conclusions.
> >
> > For example, 2/3 of our referrals come from poker and travel sites. Can
> > we get stats that subtract those visitors?
> >
> > The most commonly visited pages are the home page and the feeds. Is there
> > a way to find out which of the designed areas of the site our interested
> > visitors are coming to?
> >
> > How do we analyze interest when so much of the traffic is feeds, which
> > are filtered at the client end? Do the feeds render traditional analytics
> > obsolete? Can we get more insight into what content is being subscribed
> > to?
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Carol
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Carol Geyer [mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org]
> > >Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:02 AM
> > >To: dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
> > >Subject: [dita-fa-edboard] Traffic Report for DITA XML.org site
> > >
> > >DITA XML.org Editorial Board,
> > >Attached are site stats for April. We may want to discuss these on our
> > >next
> > >call.
> > >Carol
> > >
> > >_________________________________
> > >Carol Geyer
> > >Director of Communications
> > >OASIS
> > >+1.978.667.5115 x209
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Jose Marquez
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