traffic monitoring / statistics

teej

Hi - I recently changed all my galleries to "Journal" view, so viewers have a better appreciation for the photographs. The downside is that the statistics function only counts a picture viewed when someone clicks it to see it even larger.

Is there a way (or can I make this a request) so that the number of journal page views is also counted? I use paid search from time to time and would like to get an idea of how much traffic I am generating, as well as what galleries or specific pages are getting the most admiration.

Thanks, tj

richW

teej wrote: »

Hi - I recently changed all my galleries to "Journal" view, so viewers have a better appreciation for the photographs. The downside is that the statistics function only counts a picture viewed when someone clicks it to see it even larger.

Is there a way (or can I make this a request) so that the number of journal page views is also counted? I use paid search from time to time and would like to get an idea of how much traffic I am generating, as well as what galleries or specific pages are getting the most admiration.

Thanks, tj

The stats will show all hits on images that load and any larger sizes that might be selected by your viewers. We only count images not page loads. Our stats do have several ways of looking at all the information collected, Popularity & Trends, etc.. http://www.smugmug.com/help/acctreport

If you have a Power or Pro account, you could add additional counters to your site, they might help in gathering more information.
See #40 here: http://www.smugmug.com/help/customize-faq

Feature requests can be submitted here: http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug

teej

hi - thanks for the fast response. However I have a tough time agreeing with your first comment that all image loads are counted.

I ran an experiment this morning with a new laptop, accessing a gallery that is a little out of the way, and the page counts never showed up when I go to look at traffic under Statistics/Popularity/today. Even after 45 minutes of the traffic the statistics did not (and still have not) shown up.

Also, if your statement was correct I would see traffic counts starting from the beginning of galleries (since the first page of Journal view brings up 10 images, all 10 should be counted according to your definition). I occassionaly see that behavior in the statistics, but more commonly I see photo hits for images well into a gallery and nowhere near the start of the gallery.

So I go back to the belief that statistics for Journal view pages are only those of a particular size or if the image is clicked.

FYI, I am a pro user, regularly use the statistics tab of control panel and the other pointers you provided are helpful.

thanks