On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Jesse Eversole Jr wrote: > Sure, > > Omniture uses what I call a "client side" tracking technique using javascript > to dynamically markup an image tag with a query string and fetch that image > from Omniture's servers sending data to them via the query string. Google and > Yahoo offer similar services with less sophisticated features, but the > approach is effectively the same. The data is stored on Omniture's servers > and available for reporting in near real time especially when it comes to > basic traffic data. It is probably important to note that Omniture and > awstats are not mutually exclusive. One is server based and the other runs on > the webpage sending data to a hosted platform. > > I would have to dig into details to completely expose what our license > agreement with Omniture is as is applies to the usage of their software since > is a service that we buy from them. Omniture is more akin to Salesforce.com > and Google Analytics. > To get started with the base functionality of Omniture you drop in some > javascript, hopefully in a header or footer, and a few minutes later you can > login to your account and start looking at traffic reports. Omniture has many > sophisticated features one of which has the interest of Red Hat in response to > your comment about Red Hat's needs relating to Fedora. We have the capability > with Omniture to do cross-domain path analysis. That is, we can gain much > deeper insight into the relationship between the two or more sites from > tracking cross site browsing behavior. We can track visitor paths across > multiple sites including our international sites. This extends beyond simple > entry and exit page analysis. The data is rich and the reporting interface > powerful to the extent that it takes some time to explore all the different > capabilities should the Fedora community wish to use Omniture for some of its > own reporting. > I think this is great, really. I'd love to do it but Omniture has chosen to build their software in a closed source manner so I don't think we can do it. Unless they want to OSS their code, we won't be able to use it. -Mike -- Fedora-websites-list mailing list Fedora-websites-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-websites-list
