http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Page-Counter-Gone-Re-Add-tp5017279p5017298.html
> Hi Nathan,
>
>> I've never actually used google analytics (suggested in link you
>> sent), is there a simple way to incorporate their tracking if
>> MediaWiki no longer supports their own counter? I quickly tried
>> pasting several different suggested pieces of code into my webpage but
>> none seemed to add tracking data. Do you have any experience with it?
>
> If your goal is to measure the popularity of your plugin(s), tracking hits
> on your wiki page is not a very reliable metric. It would probably be
> better to look at the popularity of your update site(s), which can be done
> by analyzing web logs.
>
> We tried to add a feature to ImageJ to measure the popularity of individual
> plugins based on how frequently they are actually executed, which would be
> more accurate. But unfortunately, the ImageJ community rejected these
> improvements [1, 2]. In the long term, ImageJ will probably switch to a
> more granular plugin installation scheme, where plugins are installed by
> users individually on demand, similar to how Icy does it. Such a system
> would have many advantages, including users avoiding perceived "plugin
> bloat" of unused features, as well as more reliable statistics about which
> plugins are actually popular/useful and hence potentially worthy of
> dedicated funding.
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
> [1]
>
http://imagej.1557.x6.nabble.com/ImageJ-2-0-0-rc-11-released-tt5009074.html> [2]
>
http://imagej.1557.x6.nabble.com/ImageJ-2-0-0-rc-13-released-tt5009146.html>
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>
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Nathan Hotaling <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hey Curtis thanks for the response. My boss was asking how many page
>> views we had because he wants it for an annual update on why our code is
>> important in the community and if its gaining traction in a wider audience
>> than just our lab/group. I think that any metric that would help reflect
>> that would be invaluable. Are number of downloads or some other metric
>> tracked somewhere?
>>
>> I've never actually used google analytics (suggested in link you sent), is
>> there a simple way to incorporate their tracking if MediaWiki no longer
>> supports their own counter? I quickly tried pasting several different
>> suggested pieces of code into my webpage but none seemed to add tracking
>> data. Do you have any experience with it?
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>>
>
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