Re: [glob2-devel] server move to my server

[Kieran P]

I've added a note to the footer of every page. I've tried to keep it compact, to the point, and link it to google's privacy policy.

If you don't see it, clear your cache and refresh.

I strongly believe we should keep GA. For example, after the server move, we can see how well the site bounces back, or that we hit close to 1500 hits in one day shortly after the release of Beta2. I can also see that the visits are 50% from advertising at the time of a release (linux games and other such referrers). I can see which of these is most popular, how long someone stays at the site, how long they spend on the download page for example. I can also see that the game's website visits are 80% new and only 20% returning, of which 80% only come to the site once (thats 7000 people in this month alone that didn't give a second look). I can see that 32% of people who visit the Main Page leave right away, 46% of people who go to the download page exit there and do not continue viewing the site. The Main Page is the top landing page, with Download and Install in second place (so after download changes, now we work on the homepage, spruce it up a bit). I can see that the top 3 content pages include Screenshots, so we might like to release a slew of them for the release of Beta3. I can also see that 27 in the past month have come to the site using the keyword "globulation 2 campaign" or some variation, which shows that we'll need to have a campaign at some point (I'm happy to do but need more SGSL commands). I can also see that french and german languages are in the top 3 of visitors languages, so we know to focus on both wiki and game translations of those two languages the most (which is great, we have devs who speak those languages so translating should be no problem).


As you can see, Google Analytics can be very helpful in finding out what we need, who to target, what to improve etc. Its not just a "we got 9000 hits this month, yay" tool.

And if you notice above, there is no private information shared in the process. I never saw any names, addresses, emails, ips, where someone had been all day long. As far as I'm concerned, if someone doesn't like Google, thats their issue. The main thing is we're not getting their information, we're not invading their privacy. And if Google breaks their privacy policy, then its up to each person to block GA, or contact Google.

Regards
Kieran

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:30 AM, Leo Wandersleb <address@hidden> wrote:

> I fully support and encourage the removal of google analytic.

Thanx Steph.

Kieran offered to put a note on our site.
Either we agree to remove ga or Kieran puts the note or I will put the note (no need to mention my note might be more visible than his.
Maybe something like: "We strongly encourage to take messures ... to protect your privacy as this site, like many others, allows google(TM) to log where you are browsing.
Taken you registered with any of googles services or any cooperating company's service this might result in your boss finding out when and for how long you browsed this game site (just to mention a simple scenario people might take serious ;).")

Greetings