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Ozzwoman9
Ozzwoman9
Inspiring
October 22, 2009
Question

Traffic Numbers...

  • October 22, 2009
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Just curious if there is a way to track how many users have visited these forums per given day.

I remember being able to view a page, go back 10 minutes later and there was a whole page full of new posts. Now I bet I see 10 new posts per day in each forum I visit (and that number is actually quite high).

Just curious as to how the now numbers compare to the then numbers

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    Jochem van Dieten
    Inspiring
    October 23, 2009

    Ozzwoman9 wrote:

    Just curious if there is a way to track how many users have visited these forums per given day.

    Sure. Download a list of users and check their last login date. Although it is probably a better metric to check for the number of posted messages. For that, use the ForumService.getMessageCountByCommunityAndFilter() method. You can even compare to last year since the data migrated.

    Ozzwoman9
    Ozzwoman9Author
    Inspiring
    October 23, 2009

    yeah that doesn't work

    Ozzwoman9
    Ozzwoman9Author
    Inspiring
    October 23, 2009

    I frequent ID, AI, PS, Acrobat, Design Forums and occasionally a few others (both platforms).

    From what I see it looks as though the post count is probably down at least 50% of what it used to be. Heck people aren't even posting much in the lounge anymore either.

    Most posts I see are from total newbies wanting help with color management, installation, or just trying to start from day one wanting to accomplish a mozart piece with the click of a button. Other than that, it's pretty much the same 10 people that are on here 24/7....and that is why things are probably getting off topic much more and moderators getting upset. I mean seriously, nothing new is being brought to the table, all questions being posted are pretty much beginner stuff that has already been posted in the FAQ section. I can't wait till CS5 is out, then traffic will pick up with everyone posting that they are having installation problems while trying to install on Windows ME

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    ~graffiti
    Legend
    October 23, 2009

    It seems like the Acrobat forums have about the same amount of traffic as before (although it DID slow down for a while just after the changeover).

    But a few of the real experts there have dissapeared. Aandi Inston for one is very much missed around there. At least he can still be found at planetpdf.com.

    Ozzwoman9
    Ozzwoman9Author
    Inspiring
    October 23, 2009

    Acrobat Windows seems to be fairly busy, but the Mac side doesn't have much traffic now either. Indesign seems to have picked up a bit in the last few days but I doubt it will last too long.

    Since Adobe has no customer service one would think that the traffic here would be picking up, but I guess people get tired of waiting for the forums to load.

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    Anonymous
    October 23, 2009

    Hard to count when so many are running out the door so fast the door doesn't slam them on the butt on the way out. Maybe I exaggerated a bit about the door slamming part.

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    Anonymous
    October 23, 2009

    Photoshop is dwindling.

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    Ildhund
    Inspiring
    October 23, 2009

    Just curious as to how the now numbers compare to the then numbers

    I only have records of Indesign posts. Because the Win and Mac forums were combined at the changeover to Jive, I can't make any comparison. Just for interest's sake, though, there were 1434 posts in Indesign Win in September 2008. In September 2009, there were 3968 posts in the combined Indesign forum. That's more than 130 a day.

    Noel

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    Anonymous
    October 22, 2009

    I've heard the claim that supposedly the numbers are relatively the same.

    I don't believe that's true, without proof (that will never be provided), but IIRC we were told that before.

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