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Modified: marketing/www/marketing_bouncer.html Log: Charts for the Planet File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/ ========================== File [added]: marketing_bouncer_faq.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/marketing_bouncer_faq.html?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup Added lines: 97 --------------- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>FAQ - Recording downloads via the Bouncer</title> <meta name="keywords" content="Marketing, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="marketing.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="MyContent"> <h1>FAQ - Recording downloads via the Bouncer</h1> <h2>Why do we measure downloads?</h2> <p>One of the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/";>Marketing Project's</a> key statistics is the number of downloads from the OpenOffice.org site. This gives us immediate feedback on the success of promotional activities, such as <a href= "http://marketing.openoffice.org/press_releases.html";>press releases</a>, as well as trend information over time.</p> <h2>What is the Bouncer?</h2> <p>When people request a download from the <a href= "http://downloads.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org download page</a>, they are directed to the Bouncer. The Bouncer redirects them to their nearest mirror site for the download they require, and records the request in a log file. Our <a href="http://bouncerproject.osuosl.org/";>Bouncer service</a> is provided by <a href="http://osuosl.org/";>The Oregon State University Open Source Lab</a>, and is used by other leading open-source projects such as the Mozilla Foundation.</p> <h2>Does the Bouncer provide the full story?</h2> <p><strong>No!</strong> - it only records downloads started a single point, the <a href="http://downloads.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org download page</a>. It omits:</p> <ul> <li>downloads which people make directly from mirrors</li> <li>downloads via other mechanisms, such as <a href= "http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/";>peer-to-peer networks</a></li> <li>downloads from other third-party repositories - including GNU/Linux distributions (see next question)</li> </ul> <p>Note also that the Bouncer logs when it successfully redirects someone to a download site - if the user chooses not to download, or cancels the download, then the Bouncer will not be aware.</p> <h2>Why do the Bouncer figures look low for GNU/Linux?</h2> <p>The OpenOffice.org Community provides OpenOffice.org software in the two most common GNU/Linux package formats (rpm and deb). However, the majority of GNU/Linux users receive software direct from their distributor's respositories. This is a significant omission and explains the relatively low number of GNU/Linux downloads in our figures. How big is the gap? When we released OpenOffice.org 3.0, Ubuntu - possibly the largest desktop GNU/Linux variant - <a href= "http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/27/shuttleworth_ubuntu_commitment/";> estimated</a> they had around eight million users.</p> <h2>Are Bouncer downloads the same as the number of users ?</h2> <p>No. Nothing like it.</p> <ul> <li>The Bouncer records only a percentage of total downloads (see above)</li> <li>Downloads are only one distribution method - people buy CD-ROMs, or get one from a magazine cover, or borrow one from friends...; people buy PCs with OpenOffice.org pre-installed... etc.</li> <li>One download or CD-ROM can be installed on thousands of computers - or none at all</li> </ul> <p>Note: the <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/";>Distribution Project</a> exists to make OpenOffice.org available through as many channels as possible.</p> <h2>Do other people provide statistics?</h2> <p>Several of the <a href= "http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html";>Native-Language Projects</a> record download information for their languages.</p> </div> </body> </html> File [changed]: marketing_bouncer.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/marketing_bouncer.html?r1=1.2&r2=1.3 Delta lines: +15 -79 --------------------- --- marketing_bouncer.html 2008-11-01 10:54:59+0000 1.2 +++ marketing_bouncer.html 2008-11-02 21:33:27+0000 1.3 @@ -5,93 +5,29 @@ <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> - <title>FAQ - Recording downloads via the Bouncer</title> + <title>Bouncer Statistics</title> <meta name="keywords" content="Marketing, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="marketing.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="MyContent"> - <h1>FAQ - Recording downloads via the Bouncer</h1> + <h1>Bouncer Download Charts</h1> - <h2>Why do we measure downloads?</h2> + <p>For more information, please <a href="marketing_bouncer_faq.html">read + the FAQ</a>.</p> - <p>One of the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/";>Marketing - Project's</a> key statistics is the number of downloads from the - OpenOffice.org site. This gives us immediate feedback on the success of - promotional activities, such as <a href= - "http://marketing.openoffice.org/press_releases.html";>press releases</a>, - as well as trend information over time.</p> - - <h2>What is the Bouncer?</h2> - - <p>When people request a download from the <a href= - "http://downloads.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org download page</a>, they - are directed to the Bouncer. The Bouncer redirects them to their nearest - mirror site for the download they require, and records the request in a - log file. Our <a href="http://bouncerproject.osuosl.org/";>Bouncer - service</a> is provided by <a href="http://osuosl.org/";>The Oregon State - University Open Source Lab</a>, and is used by other leading open-source - projects such as the Mozilla Foundation.</p> - - <h2>Does the Bouncer provide the full story?</h2> - - <p><strong>No!</strong> - it only records downloads started a single - point, the <a href="http://downloads.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org - download page</a>. It omits:</p> - - <ul> - <li>downloads which people make directly from mirrors</li> - - <li>downloads via other mechanisms, such as <a href= - "http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/";>peer-to-peer - networks</a></li> - - <li>downloads from other third-party repositories - including GNU/Linux - distributions (see next question)</li> - </ul> - - <p>Note also that the Bouncer logs when it successfully redirects someone - to a download site - if the user chooses not to download, or cancels the - download, then the Bouncer will not be aware.</p> - - <h2>Why do the Bouncer figures look low for GNU/Linux?</h2> - - <p>The OpenOffice.org Community provides OpenOffice.org software in the - two most common GNU/Linux package formats (rpm and deb). However, the - majority of GNU/Linux users receive software direct from their - distributor's respositories. This is a significant omission and explains - the relatively low number of GNU/Linux downloads in our figures. How big - is the gap? When we released OpenOffice.org 3.0, Ubuntu - possibly the - largest desktop GNU/Linux variant - <a href= - "http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/27/shuttleworth_ubuntu_commitment/";> - estimated</a> they had around eight million users.</p> - - <h2>Are Bouncer downloads the same as the number of users ?</h2> - - <p>No. Nothing like it.</p> - - <ul> - <li>The Bouncer records only a percentage of total downloads (see - above)</li> - - <li>Downloads are only one distribution method - people buy CD-ROMs, or - get one from a magazine cover, or borrow one from friends...; people - buy PCs with OpenOffice.org pre-installed... etc.</li> - - <li>One download or CD-ROM can be installed on thousands of computers - - or none at all</li> - </ul> - - <p>Note: the <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/";>Distribution - Project</a> exists to make OpenOffice.org available through as many - channels as possible.</p> - - <h2>Do other people provide statistics?</h2> - - <p>Several of the <a href= - "http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html";>Native-Language - Projects</a> record download information for their languages.</p> + <h2>Total downloads since OpenOffice 3.0 was announced</h2> + + <p><img src="planet/downloads.gif" alt="Download counter" /></p> + + <h2>Downloads trends for the last 28 days</h2> + + <p><img src="planet/barchart.png" alt="Bar chart" /></p> + + <h2>Downloads by platform for the last 28 days</h2> + + <p><img src="planet/piechart.png" alt="Pie chart" /></p> </div> </body> </html> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
