Hello Bram:We have implemented Google Analytics since may 2008. If you would like analyse our repository, please tell us. Regards. ------------------------------------------------------------- Victoria Rasero Gestión de Recursos de Información Biblioteca de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid -------------------------------------------------------------
2009/1/23 Bram Luyten <[email protected]> > Hello, > > we're currently initiating a small research exercise, where we try to > analyse & compare number of repository visitors versus number of items, > full-text, ... in the repository. > > Questions to figure out include: > > - Are more visits being generated when items contain full-text bitstreams, > comparing to items without bitstreams > - How do distributions between hits generated through search engines, > referring sites and direct traffic relate to eachother, for different > repositories. > - How big is the impact of the dominant language, used in a repository & in > item metadata on the number of visitors > > To make sure that "number of visitors" and other figures, are comparable, > *we are looking for repositories that have (at least) six months of google > analytics data (where the analytics script was included in the dspace > footer, so that each pageview, or hit has been recorded), that are willing > to share some key figures*. > > Our ambition is to detect possible correlations or anomalies. It would be > great if a general conclusion could arise that a number of X items in your > repository (in english) tend to generate a number of X monthly visits > through search engines, but this might be a bit far-fetched (although a > current comparison with 3 repositories already looks promising). > > Any questions or comments are greatly appreciated. Especially if you know > of research that has already done this ;) > > with best regards, > > Bram Luyten > > @mire NV > Romeinse Straat 18 > 3001 Heverlee > Belgium > +32 2 888 29 56 > > http://www.atmire.com - Institutional Repository Solutions > http://www.togather.eu - Before getting together, get t...@ther > > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > > --
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