To help guide our decisions about moving the related links to a less prominent position on the RC page (T164548)—and, possibly, slimming down some collections—it will be useful to know how often these links are clicked. T
Test results
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iQ6rjkxtDxSLy1VrLDAMKblyhmo7UOvxDccxd8ZKdD8/edit#gid=0
Functionality
- To start this moving forward, we need to be sure we can track clicks on these links individually and as a group. I.e., on a given page/wiki, we'd like to be able to see how many clicks went to the related links overall, and how many clicks went to each link.
- We would probably want to track over a week at minimum, to account for natural weekly rhythms.
- We don't have to track all wikis (though Roan indicated this might actually be easier). If it is advantageous to check only some, the following are a mix of wikis with many links (Czezk) and few (Russian), as well as a sampling of large and smaller wikis: Czezk, Russian, German, English, Arabic.
What type of numbers would be useful?
Our goal is to be able to make judgements about two things: 1) are the links overall used often, compared to other functions or items on the page, and 2) on a given wiki, which of the links at page top are the most popular, and which are never or rarely clicked on.
Overall usage
How can we make these numbers meaningful? Here are a few ideas:
- We could look at the clicks as a percentage of page views, though I'm not clear what a "page view" is on the RC page anymore.
- Better would be to see it as a % of sessions, as defined in T158447.
- Alternatively, it might be possible to rank these in comparison to all the other non-content links that are specifically related to Recent Changes (i.e., excluding footer, nav, and any other links that are standard on all pages).
Relative popularity
- For this measure, the idea is to compare the related links to one another, so we can see if there is a natural point where usage falls off.