Nathan, Thanks very much for the response and flexibility. I went head and took it down before you responded as I noticed it grow over 3k in about an hour and didn't want it to be an issue. I'll take your advice into account for the future.
Much appreciated, Jim On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Nathan Ingersoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> One of my projects is showing a very large number of downloads for a >> file. This file being a JS file, I figure someone is running their >> site with the SRC attribute of a SCRIPT tag pointing right at the file >> in the project rather than downloading it and putting it on their own >> server. > > Very likely, we find this to be very common in JS projects, especially > with projects related to jquery. We don't really have a problem with > it unless the site is generating significant load for us. > >> Is there any way for me to discover the referring URL for downloads? >> I do use Google Analytics on my project, but actual downloads are not >> tracked by that. > > We don't currently have a way to expose that information to users. If > it's something you'd like integrated into Analytics, I would recommend > starring this issue: > > http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/detail?id=435 > >> The project in question is http://code.google.com/p/cookies/ and the >> file I am concerned about is jquery.cookies.2.0.1.min.js (showing > >> 200k downloads since Feb). As a heads up, I am working on a new >> release, so that file may be deprecated by the time you get a chance >> to look into this. > > Feel free to leave the download up marked as deprecated. No need for > you to take any special steps, we will work with you and track down > the referring site in the future if it begins to become a problem. > > Thanks, > Nathan > >> > >> > > > > -- Jim Auldridge 11012 Lincoln Ave Hagerstown MD 21740 301.582.9050 (h) 240.520.0240 (m) http://www.auldridges.com Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. --James 1:27 (ESV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" 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/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

