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Introducing GitHub Traffic Analytics
- ozh 13y agoAbout time. Thanks Github :)
- colinbartlett 13y agoSo that Google Analytics for GitHub project is already obsolete?
- abritishguy 13y agoWell that makes https://github.com/igrigorik/ga-beacon https://github.com/igrigorik/ga-beacon somewhat redundant
- prezjordan 13y agoExcellent! IIRC there used to be a "traffic" chart, no? I don't remember it doing anything, though. EDIT: According to my Timehop they also released the "contributions" graph a year ago (the little grid on your profile) - great feature :)
- kclay 13y agothis is great
- lukebaker 13y agoDoes this provide traffic details for GitHub Pages associated with the repo?
- technoweenie 13y agoNope. You're free to use whatever you want on your own pages (Google Analytics, Gauges, etc).
- heuermh 13y agoBitdeli (https://bitdeli.com/ https://bitdeli.com/) is another free service that provides analytics for Github pages. I have been using it but didn't like the association with AdRoll, a targeted advertising company.
- vtuulos 13y agoJust to clarify: GitHub Analytics at https://bitdeli.com https://bitdeli.com has been a fun side project of mine and jtuulos - it has nothing to do with AdRoll.
- tedivm 13y agoOh thank you thank you thank you! This disappeared when they introduced the new graphs, and I've been missing them ever since. This time we can even see uniques, which is awesome.
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- nilved 13y agoNotably, Google Analytics and the ga-beacon can be blocked by disabling JavaScript or blocking the beacon's domain. How can privacy-conscious users avoid being tracked by this feature? e: I've just looked at my own pages' analytics and was quite surprised to find data from before today. Is this to say that GitHub has been surrepticiously recording data about my project without any way to opt out?
- pselbert 13y agoFrom my understanding all Github features are deployed to staff only behind a feature flag. Naturally they had it partially in production before flipping the flag for everybody That said, surely the notion of a website where you are hosting content tracking who is visiting individual pages is not outrageous.
- nilved 13y agoc.f. your web host inspecting your access logs. My project is my own and your platform is yours. That said, my primary concern is that I as a user have no way to opt out.
- sqs 13y agoShameless plug: my site, Sourcegraph, gives you a 1990s-style numeric visit counter for your READMEs, among other things. https://sourcegraph.com/help/authors/badges https://sourcegraph.com/help/authors/badges While GitHub Traffic Analytics shows the repository author much more info, the Sourcegraph counter makes the visitor count visible to everybody. This helps users see how popular your project is.