hugovk
July 3, 2023, 8:22pm
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In the Docs Community monthly meetings, we’ve discussed the need for gathering some metrics of page views from the docs:
This would help translators prioritise and focus their effort on the most popular pages
Likewise it would help us see which pages could most benefit from a rewrite or update
Plausible looks a promising choice:
open source
simple and lightweight, easy-to-use
no cookies and compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR
not as invasive as Google Analytics
paid option, hosted in the EU
free version, for self-hosting
The Docs Community would like to run a 30-day trial of the hosted version for https://docs.python.org . This would let us know how many page views we’d get, so we can see at what pricing level we’d need for paid hosting, and whether to consider self-hosting.
Are there any objections to a 30-day trial?
If not, I’ll next run this past the steering council.
Thanks!
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hugovk
July 10, 2023, 1:13pm
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No objections here, so I’ve asked the SC:
opened 01:13PM - 10 Jul 23 UTC
In the [Docs Community](https://docs-community.readthedocs.io/) monthly meetings… , we’ve discussed the need for gathering some metrics of page views from the docs:
* This would help translators prioritise and focus their effort on the most popular pages
* Likewise it would help us see which pages could most benefit from a rewrite or update
[Plausible](https://plausible.io/) looks a promising choice:
- open source
- simple and lightweight, easy-to-use
- no cookies and compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR
- not as invasive as Google Analytics
- paid option, hosted in the EU
- free version, for self-hosting
The Docs Community would like to run a 30-day trial of the hosted version for https://docs.python.org/. This would let us know how many page views we’d get, so we can see at what pricing level we’d need for paid hosting, and whether to consider self-hosting.
I asked first on [DPO](https://discuss.python.org/t/docs-metrics-trial-with-plausible/28896?u=hugovk) and there were no objections (and 10x👍).
Would a 30-day trial be okay with the Steering Council?
Thanks!
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hugovk
July 11, 2023, 8:07pm
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SC said yes to a trial, I’ll set it up.
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hugovk
December 29, 2023, 3:04pm
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As a followup, here are screenshots from the last day of the 30-day trial which ended on 2023-08-10.
5 million unique visitors, 6.5 million total visits, 10.9 million pageviews:
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