OpenWetWare:Software/Analytics - Revision history

Bill Flanagan at 13:58, 16 April 2008

Bill Flanagan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:58:51 GMT

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	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?		*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?
	*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.		*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.
		+	*[[User:Bill Flanagan\|wjf]] 09:58, 16 April 2008 (EDT) Per Jason's memo, I've enabled the Google benchmarking analytics reporting for our current account.
		+	**Details here: [[OpenWetWare:Software/Analytics/Google\|Google Analytics]]

Ilya at 05:06, 13 July 2006

Ilya — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:06:08 GMT

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	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].
	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.
-	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about ~~this~~ too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.	+	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about privacy too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.
	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?		*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?
	*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.		*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.

Skosuri at 22:41, 14 June 2006

Skosuri — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:41:10 GMT

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	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.		*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.
	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?		*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?
		+	*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.

Ilya: Removed link to the usage stats

Ilya — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:01:48 GMT

Removed link to the usage stats

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	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].
	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.
-	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting ~~[http://openwetware.org/usage/openwetware/~~ usage statistics] and users' email addresses.	+	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.
	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?		*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?

Austin J. Che at 22:36, 5 June 2006

Austin J. Che — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:36:22 GMT

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	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.
	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting [http://openwetware.org/usage/openwetware/ usage statistics] and users' email addresses.		*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting [http://openwetware.org/usage/openwetware/ usage statistics] and users' email addresses.
		+	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?

Ilya at 22:10, 5 June 2006

Ilya — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:10:53 GMT

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	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].
	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.
		+	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting [http://openwetware.org/usage/openwetware/ usage statistics] and users' email addresses.

Reshma P. Shetty at 20:29, 25 May 2006

Reshma P. Shetty — Thu, 25 May 2006 20:29:37 GMT

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	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].
		+	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.

Reshma P. Shetty at 19:00, 25 May 2006

Reshma P. Shetty — Thu, 25 May 2006 19:00:17 GMT

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-	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. Ilya raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].	+	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].

Reshma P. Shetty at 18:59, 25 May 2006

Reshma P. Shetty — Thu, 25 May 2006 18:59:50 GMT

New page

*'''[[User:Rshetty|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. Ilya raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].

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	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?		*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?
	*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.		*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.
		+	*[[User:Bill Flanagan\|wjf]] 09:58, 16 April 2008 (EDT) Per Jason's memo, I've enabled the Google benchmarking analytics reporting for our current account.
		+	**Details here: [[OpenWetWare:Software/Analytics/Google\|Google Analytics]]

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	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].
	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.
-	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about ~~this~~ too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.	+	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about privacy too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.
	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?		*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?
	*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.		*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.

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	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.		*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.
	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?		*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?
		+	*'''[[User:Skosuri\|Sri Kosuri]] 18:41, 14 June 2006 (EDT)''': Usage statistics are only open to MIT IP addresses.

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	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 14:59, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': A long while back, I proposed using some sort of software to more extensively track visits to the site. Such a tool might enable evaluation of where we need to focus recruitment efforts and which parts of the site are most useful to the OWW community and the world. [[Jason Kelly\|Jason]] proposed [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]. However, in surfing around the web, there are some [http://thebogles.com/blog/2005/11/google-analytics-and-end-user-privacy/ privacy concerns] raised by this software. Hence, I wasn't sure that we should use it. [[Ilya Sytchev\|Ilya]] raised the issue once more since he obtained an account on Google Analytics. What do people think? Should we use it? Do the benefits outweigh the privacy issues or not? Also, according to the terms of service, we may need a [http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/002457.html privacy policy].
	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.
-	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting ~~[http://openwetware.org/usage/openwetware/~~ usage statistics] and users' email addresses.	+	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting usage statistics and users' email addresses.
	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?		*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?

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	*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.		*'''[[User:Rshetty\|RS]] 16:29, 25 May 2006 (EDT)''': Another option is to purchase analytics software. Thus, we wouldn't be giving our site traffic information to Google.
	*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting [http://openwetware.org/usage/openwetware/ usage statistics] and users' email addresses.		*'''[[User:Ilya\|Ilya]] 18:10, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': I don't think we should worry about this too much: we are already collecting [http://openwetware.org/usage/openwetware/ usage statistics] and users' email addresses.
		+	*'''[[User:Austin\|Austin]] 18:36, 5 June 2006 (EDT)''': do we really want to publish the above link? There could be info in there that shouldn't be made public. Also, if google starts crawling the usage stats, then we'll start getting the usage stats in the usage stats?