[Web4lib] delicious as site depository & getting stats

[Kozlowski,Brendon]

Although not exactly a "best of breed" situation, you could link to your del.icio.us links from another link provider that does track statistics, like something such as http://bit.ly.  You give it a link, it converts it to a shorter URL (the main purpose of the site), but it also gives you statistics on hits to said URL.
 
Here is an example breakdown of stats garnered from bit.ly on a random link (example from their own Docs):
http://bit.ly/info/CUjV <http://bit.ly/info/CUjV> 
 
 
 
Brendon Kozlowski
Web Administrator
Saratoga Springs Public Library
49 Henry Street
Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
[518] 584-7860 x217

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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Pat Rapp
Sent: Tue 1/26/2010 4:53 PM
To: Pat Rapp; Tracey.Reed at myClearwater.com; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] delicious as site depository & getting stats



Oops - I forgot about adding the code to the website, which you can't do. Sorry!!!


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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Pat Rapp
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:52 PM
To: 'Tracey.Reed at myClearwater.com'; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] delicious as site depository & getting stats

www.google.com/analytics

Set it up for your url and you should be all set!

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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tracey.Reed at myClearwater.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:41 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] delicious as site depository & getting stats

Hi all,

This sounds like there should be an easy answer, but I've searched delicious help and all the other tools that they link to and nothing seems to fit what I'm looking for.  Maybe I'm missing something, or maybe I'm just smokin' crack and it can't be done. Regardless, I'm now turning to the collective brain of web4lib (where I generally lurk but gain immeasurable knowledge by doing so).

What I need to do is collect stats for how many times our delicious bookmarks are accessed.  I don't need a tag breakdown; I'm just looking for how often people are going to anything under the http://delicious.com/clearwaterlib umbrella.  I know that we're not the only library using delicious as their internet resources depository and was wondering if someone had come up with a way to access that info.

Thanks for any help you can give!

-t
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Tracey Reed
Computer Services/ Answer Line Librarian Clearwater Public Library System tracey.reed at myclearwater.com 727.562.4970 x5036 www.myclearwater.com/cpl text cpls:  66746 keyword: cpls You can't change the signal, just the message that you send...


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