>I'm talking about research "Unique devices". That had no effect on pageviews. I think you are probably mixing two different projects.
As I mentioned pageview counting has not changed for more than 2 years. Thanks, Nuria On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 9:43 AM, יגאל חיטרון <khit...@post.bgu.ac.il> wrote: > Hi. I do not remember when did this happen - this april or two years ago. > I'm talking about research "Unique devices". > Igal > > > 2017-07-17 19:37 GMT+03:00 Nuria Ruiz <nu...@wikimedia.org>: > > > > do not remember the exact date, but a couple of months ago the way for > > > pageviews counting was changed, using cookies, affecting the mobile web > > > views. This can be the cause. > > > Igal (User IKhitron) > > > > mmmm... not sure what you are referring to, can you be more specific? We > > have not changed the way we measure pageviews for 2 years > > > > There are improvements/fixes continously done to the system and those get > > documented here: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Page_view#Change_log > > > > > > FYI, we have opened a ticket for this issue: > > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170845 > > > > Without looking at it in detail there are many possible causes: removal > of > > "bad" pageviews (like requests for banners) or drop of traffic due to > > having less bots. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 11:38 PM, Strainu <strain...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 2017-07-15 14:34 GMT+03:00 יגאל חיטרון <khit...@gmail.com>: > > > > Hello, Strainu. > > > > 1. Try in place of "all-access" use different platforms. You'll see, > > as I > > > > expected reading your letter, that the effect you recognized appears > in > > > > "mobile-web" mostly. > > > > 2. I do not remember the exact date, but a couple of months ago the > way > > > for > > > > pageviews counting was changed, using cookies, affecting the mobile > web > > > > views. This can be the cause. > > > > Igal (User IKhitron) > > > > > > Thank you Igal, that must be the reason, I'll look for the change > > > announcement just to understand what it means exactly. > > > > > > Strainu > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 15, 2017 13:47, "Strainu" <strain...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> Starting from an unrelated discussion on meta, I noticed a > significant > > > >> drop in main page views for several wikis starting from April this > > > >> year. Is there anything we (or Google) did at that time to justify > > > >> this drop? > > > >> > > > >> ro.wiki: http://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=ro. > > > >> wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2016- > > > >> 01&end=2017-06&pages=Pagina_principal%C4%83 > > > >> > > > >> hu.wiki: http://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=hu. > > > >> wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2016- > > > >> 01&end=2017-06&pages=Kezd%C5%91lap > > > >> > > > >> fr.wiki: http://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=fr. > > > >> wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2016- > > > >> 01&end=2017-06&pages=Wikip%C3%A9dia:Accueil_principal > > > >> > > > >> de.wiki: http://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=de. > > > >> wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2016- > > > >> 01&end=2017-06&pages=Wikipedia:Hauptseite > > > >> > > > >> en.wiki: http://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en. > > > >> wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2016- > > > >> 01&end=2017-06&pages=Main_Page > > > >> (slightly different pattern) > > > >> > > > >> The same cannot be said for other projects, for instance uk.wiki: > > > >> http://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=uk. > > > wikipedia.org&platform=all- > > > >> access&agent=user&start=2016-01&end=2017-06&pages=%D0%93% > > > >> D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1% > > > >> 80%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0 > > > >> > > > >> Thanks, > > > >> Strainu > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Wikitech-l mailing list > > > >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Analytics mailing list > > > analyt...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
