AltcoinsTalks forum simple monthly report: July 2024

[Agbe]

No offense, but I wouldn't agree that any country generates "massive traffic" according to this forum, although I believe most of the traffic comes from Ukraine, Russia, Philippines, Indonesia, but Nigeria also has its share.

It is just a discussion so there is no big deal. And from my research all the above mentioned countries, it is only Russia and Ukraine is ahead of Nigeria and Nigeria in turn, passed them in activeness. And as you said no local board is traffic in the forum but the small activities and activeness in those boards, there is small traffic in them. And as you also said, if Nigeria board has 30-40 active members then as it is in the forum, that is a good number. And I believed we are more than that figure. And the borne of contention here is that if report of the forum is given and local board analysis is given, Nigeria should be among because they are trying in the forum.

[examplens]

Can GA be used for showing statistics for AltcoinsTalks forum?
I think they should have more precise numbers with less drastic changes every month.

A piece of code would have to be added to the SMF script to collect the data. Some privacy-oriented services avoid GA for this reason. I don't know what the case is with Altt.
GA is probably the most accurate tool for measuring visit statistics. For example, on one site I'm updating, GA saw 1500 visits, Cloudflare 9k (I assume that CF counts all bot accesses) and similarweb around 3500.
According to the results that the site achieves, it is most likely that the GA data is correct.

[MrSpasybo]

A piece of code would have to be added to the SMF script to collect the data. Some privacy-oriented services avoid GA for this reason. I don't know what the case is with Altt.
GA is probably the most accurate tool for measuring visit statistics. For example, on one site I'm updating, GA saw 1500 visits, Cloudflare 9k (I assume that CF counts all bot accesses) and similarweb around 3500.
According to the results that the site achieves, it is most likely that the GA data is correct.

I am aware of  Google Analytics, but I don't know how to use it for AltcoinsTalks monthly reports. It seems like only website owners can apply GA to their own websites. This means only out admin can get data from GA to provide to the AltcoinsTalks community.

I think with data from SimilarWeb, we can also get some interesting data related to visits and rankings. We can refer to their fluctuations to understand the development status of AltcoinsTalks. I myself have been temporarily satisfied with the data from SimilarWeb, although I am still trying to find some free tools that can evaluate a website more effectively and accurately.

[Freemind]

Google Analytics is the best tool in these cases, but when it is not implemented in the forum (with a few lines of code as you say) it is because when we talk about Google we talk about goodbye to privacy. If it were working on the forum I suppose the administrator would share the information or part of it about the monthly reports, but I highly doubt it is installed.

The less information Google (and other large companies) has, the better for all forum users.

[MrSpasybo]

Google Analytics is the best tool in these cases, but when it is not implemented in the forum (with a few lines of code as you say) it is because when we talk about Google we talk about goodbye to privacy. If it were working on the forum I suppose the administrator would share the information or part of it about the monthly reports, but I highly doubt it is installed.

The less information Google (and other large companies) has, the better for all forum users.

I don't fully understand the privacy implications of applying GA to a website. If it affects the forum, I think we should be cautious and consider using other tools. Many AltcoinsTalks members value privacy and don't want their forum usage data accessed by a powerful tool like GA.

As I've mentioned, I currently only have access to SimilarWeb and I trust it to create monthly reports for AltcoinsTalks. I know we can't expect too much from a free account, but at least we have data to reference and assess the forum's growth.

[PX-Z]

I don't fully understand the privacy implications of applying GA to a website. If it affects the forum, I think we should be cautious and consider using other tools. Many AltcoinsTalks members value privacy and don't want their forum usage data accessed by a powerful tool like GA.

GA is considered as tracking tools like Google Ads, that's why it was blocked with the use of most adblockers (currently using uBlock). It collect data like visited websites, browsers, device, location (country, city) based on IP address.

As for similarweb, usually, data shown there is just estimate and not so accurate, unless admin has pro account and connects its GA to similarweb for more accurate data.

[MrSpasybo]

GA is considered as tracking tools like Google Ads, that's why it was blocked with the use of most adblockers (currently using uBlock). It collect data like visited websites, browsers, device, location (country, city) based on IP address.

As for similarweb, usually, data shown there is just estimate and not so accurate, unless admin has pro account and connects its GA to similarweb for more accurate data.

Thank you for the helpful information regarding GA. It seems that GA is not really suitable for AltcoinsTalks members' data security goals. It could even make AltcoinsTalks less friendly to members by providing their data to a Google tool.

Perhaps I will continue to be satisfied with SimilarWeb instead of looking for ways to use more powerful tools that may also come with more data-related risks. At the same time, I am not admin, I do not manage the AltcoinsTalks website, so I cannot integrate GA to analyze the forum monthly data.

[Freemind]

I don't fully understand the privacy implications of applying GA to a website. If it affects the forum, I think we should be cautious and consider using other tools. Many AltcoinsTalks members value privacy and don't want their forum usage data accessed by a powerful tool like GA.

As I've mentioned, I currently only have access to SimilarWeb and I trust it to create monthly reports for AltcoinsTalks. I know we can't expect too much from a free account, but at least we have data to reference and assess the forum's growth.

As you have been told, Google collects all possible information about users' IP and more about servers, operating systems... That is why privacy is affected to the maximum. Like I said, I imagine the admin doesn't have GA installed for reasons like that or similar.

The truth is, I don't know if there are other types of tools with the capacity and power of GA but keeping privacy in the foreground.

The work you do with SimilarWeb is incredible and we all thank you for your effort and dedication.

[MrSpasybo]

As you have been told, Google collects all possible information about users' IP and more about servers, operating systems... That is why privacy is affected to the maximum. Like I said, I imagine the admin doesn't have GA installed for reasons like that or similar.

The truth is, I don't know if there are other types of tools with the capacity and power of GA but keeping privacy in the foreground.

The work you do with SimilarWeb is incredible and we all thank you for your effort and dedication.

Honestly, I'm still looking for a more effective and accurate website analytics tool than SimilarWeb, and ideally, it would be free. While SimilarWeb Premium account might be better and more reliable, but unfortunately, I've never had the chance to use a Premium account to evaluate or extract more data from it.

Given the number of blockchain projects in this market, I hope we can have a dedicated website analytics project with low costs, while still ensuring that website data isn't compromised or misused for any shady purposes. For now, I'll have to make do with what SimilarWeb offers for free.