Forum OpenACS Q&A: openacs.org site usage
The following info is distilled from yesterday's (January 30, 2006) access logs:
Total Hits: 84,276
Bandwidth: 2.34 GB
Sessions: 8,072
Busiest Hour by hits: 2 AM PST
Busiest Hour by bandwidth: 11 PM PST
Busiest Hour by sessions: 6 PM PST
Top requested pages:
1. /forums/message-view 27%
2. /bugtracker/openacs/ 8%
3. /forums/message-email 6%
4. /forums/message-post 5%
Top Browsers:
1. Mozilla Compatible Agent: 51%
2. IE (6.0 96%): 16%
3. Firefox: 12%
Top Platforms:
1. unknown (blocked but probably Windows): 68%
2. Windows: 25%
3. Linux: 4%
4. Macintosh: 2%
Top Referrals:
1. None (visitor comes directly to site or info is blocked): 78%
2. Google: 11%
3. Yahoo: 0.8%
Search Terms:
1. openacs: 1.6%
2. pls-00201: 0.73%
3. ora-01000: 0.53%
4. ora-01795: 0.47%
Most people getting to the site by search are looking for OpenACS specifically, or for info on an Oracle error. Probably half of the search terms that end up on the site are for Oracle errors. About a third are email MTA related.
Yesterday alone there were just over 1500 visits resulting from searches.
Here's some of the more humorous searches that got people here (all from just yesterday):
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jabber `chat on your website`
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security vulnerability site:openacs.org
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Summary:
Not everything you see in the log reports is easily distilled down into numbers. Here's my impression of how the site is being used:
The number of people using the site on a consistent basis is relatively small. Their sessions are longer and usually restricted to the forums and bugtracker. Google and MSN aggressively crawl the site every day. Sometimes, when the site seems slow to respond, it's because both robots are crawling at the same time. A large number of people get to the site via a google search everyday looking for -- essentially -- system administration or DBA help. And they leave when they don't find the info they need. The average session length on the site is 10 seconds or less.
