I don't know when the week ends, but maybe the week ends Sunday (don't know which timezone) people usually use UK time (6PM EST) since that is the center of the world.
I don't know what Google uses, I am not a Googler to know what they use in their magic code :x I am just a Chromiumer. It might be a timing bug. I don't know :) -Mohamed Mansour On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Max <[email protected]> wrote: > That makes sense, but at the same time, you can see that extensions > that were released today also typically have "weekly installs" lower > than "users". Example: > https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/fbmlldeibipeppiabbdjajcneipfbocm > > On Dec 13, 6:34 pm, Mohamed Mansour <[email protected]> wrote: > > Depends when the week started :) It might seem the first day (or two) was > > the most installations. Then the week rolled. > > > > -Mohamed Mansour > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Max <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Nick, but I'm also getting some numbers that don't make sense > > > even after your explanation. For example, I have an extension* less > > > than a week old which has 3.8K "weekly installs" yet 6.1K "users". > > > Wouldn't a user need to install the extension before updating it, if > > > the users are counted by update pings? > > > > > Regards, > > > Max > > > > > * The extension in question: > > >https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ipdjaafajlfiopcppipdinmcj. > .. > > > > > On Dec 13, 2:03 am, Nick Baum <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Good questions, responses inline. Note that numbers are computed > daily > > > for > > > > now, so don't expect them to change in real-time. > > > > > > -Nick > > > > > > 2009/12/12 Riccardo Govoni ☢ <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Maybe a bit dumb ... but what do they actually represent? > > > > > > > 'weekly installs' is fairly straightforward. I assume it is the > number > > > of > > > > > installs in the last week, or maybe a rolling average over the past > few > > > > > weeks. > > > > > > Number of installs in the last week. > > > > > > > But what about 'users' ? Is this the number of users that > _currently_ > > > have > > > > > the extension installed ? The total number of users that have ever > > > installed > > > > > the extension, even if they have removed it afterward? Does > Chromium > > > notify > > > > > the gallery when an extension is removed (to decrease the counter) > ? > > > Are > > > > > those unique users (according to some uuid I'm not aware of)? If I > > > install > > > > > an extension twice on the same browser (install - remove - > install), do > > > I > > > > > get 2 users? > > > > > > This is computed from update pings in the last week. > > > > > > I'm asking because I noticed the number of users of my extension > > > increasing > > > > > > > and then decreasing a bit wildly. It may have been a glitch in the > > > counting > > > > > code, but it caused the above questions to pop into my mind. > > > > > > These will be quite variable for the first few weeks. > > > > > > > Are there any docs for my questions? The help page linked from the > > > gallery > > > > > (http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/topic.py?topic=25692) > > > doesn't > > > > > contain any. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > /R. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups > > > > > "Chromium-extensions" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]><chromium-extensions%2Bunsu > [email protected]><chromium-extensions%2Bunsu > > > [email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Chromium-extensions" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]><chromium-extensions%2Bunsu > [email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Chromium-extensions" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.
