[Web4lib] delicious as site depository & getting stats

[r_rezek at mindspring.com]

I couldn't find a good way to get around this, so I'd love to hear if anyone else did.

Instead, we use Delicious to manage our links, but actually embed them into our site using the Linkroll feature to create the code (http://delicious.com/help/linkrolls). I love that I update Delicious and not have to touch my site. It works pretty well and is very easy to update, even with our somewhat clunky CMS (Mambo), and I'm not making my patrons jump through too many hoops to find the resources they want. You seem to have far more links than we do, though, so this may not solve your problem.

Good luck!
Rachael

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Kozlowski,Brendon" <bkozlowski at sals.edu>
>Sent: Jan 26, 2010 4:00 PM
>To: web4lib at webjunction.org
>Subject: Re: [Web4lib] delicious as site depository & getting stats
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>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.
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>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> 
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>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
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>Oops - I forgot about adding the code to the website, which you can't do. Sorry!!!
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>-----Original Message-----
>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
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>www.google.com/analytics
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>Set it up for your url and you should be all set!
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>-----Original Message-----
>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
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>Hi all,
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>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).
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>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.
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>Thanks for any help you can give!
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>-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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