[Dspace-general] Looking for (DSpace) Repositories using Google Analytics

[Jonas Gilbert]

Hello Bram,

We have been using Google Analytics with our DSpace repository as of 
July 2007. We've also configured the bitstream download link so that it 
would be included in the Google Analytics logs. You are welcome to use 
this data in your research. Please contact me so that we can arrange access.

I am not aware of any similar research using data from Google Analytics, 
however I  noticed that Cybermetrics Lab - which among other things 
publishes the "Ranking Web of World Repositories" -  is also interested 
in Google Analytics data for the repository ranking, see "Proposal to 
webmasters for 2009 edition" at http://repositories.webometrics.info/

Best regards,
Jonas Gilbert
Gothenburg University Library



Bram Luyten wrote:
> 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
>
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Jonas Gilbert
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