Subject: Update on www.ietf.org analytics and proposal for next steps

From: "Eric Vyncke (evyncke)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 08:18:47 +0000

Hello,

This note provides a follow up on the deployment of analytics on www.ietf.org<http://www.ietf.org> [1] and proposes next steps for deploying analytics on other IETF websites.

Per the implementation plan [2], the IESG and IETF Tools Team have reviewed the current deployment on www.ietf.org<http://www.ietf.org> and have confirmed it is delivering anticipated results. In the past year, information from web analytics on has been used by IETF LLC staff and the Secretariat to understand and improve use of www.ietf.org in various ways, including by:

  *   prioritizing and improving content on the most visited pages
  *   identifying reachability issues for specific URLs
  *   understanding sources of visitors to web pages
  *   tailoring site-wide features to improve access to specific content

Aggregated analytics is available to the community at:

​​https://www.ietf.org/policies/web-analytics/

During the discussion around the initial call for community input, several responses suggested expanding the scope of web analytics to include other IETF Internet properties.

Based on the IESG and Tools Team reviews, and experience gained in the past year, and requests by maintainers of other IETF websites, we propose to implement analytics on:

  *   IETF Datatracker (datatracker.ietf.org)
  *   The IETF meeting registration system (registration.ietf.org)
  *   Sites using the new wiki platform, Wiki.js (e.g. chairs.ietf.org and authors.ietf.org)[3]
  *   Related Internet properties such as yangcatalog.org

These deployments would replicate and conform to the implementation plan developed for www.ietf.org<http://www.ietf.org>. They would NOT enable cross domain linking.[4] As with the initial deployment on www.ietf.org<http://www.ietf.org>, the IESG and Tools Team would review these deployments after one year to ensure they are delivering the expected results.

The IESG appreciates any input from the community on this proposal and will consider all input received by February 23, 2022.

Regards,

Éric Vyncke

On behalf of the IESG

[1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/g0uqkYtFx3aFeOwyLxY7ob1DdTI/

[2] https://www.ietf.org/media/documents/www.ietf.org-AnalyticsProposal-Revised-2019-09-24.pdf

[3] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tools-discuss/eGihlMqjx9yKQqWhqnn4DtgKaSg/

[4] https://matomo.org/faq/how-to/faq_23654/