I just installed Piwik, an open source website analytics package. It is running alongside Google Analytics to give us another set of data to track the wiki’s performance and visit statistics.
Why, you might ask? Well, mainly just for fun. Google Analytics is great and provides the basis for our monthly Site Statistics posts. But since my day job includes website analytics consulting, I’m always looking to learn about different systems and new ways of collecting and interpreting data. After all, if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it.
Plus, it allows us to do cool things that GA doesn’t, like embed widgets with real-time site usage data. Here’s a sample showing visits to RichmondWiki.org:
Look for more posts soon about Piwik vs. Google Analytics.
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