With these metrics, you are able to:
- Assess the popularity and effectiveness of your widgets at a fine level of detail.
- Track the spread of your widgets across the Internet.
- See who your biggest users are, as well as the most influential users (those driving the most new subscriptions to your widgets).
If you’ve already registered a widget on Widgetbox, go to your dashboard and check your stats.
Highlights
You do not change your widget’s code or think about metrics in advance. Existing widgets automatically take advantage of it.
It’s automatically available for all current and future widgets registered on Widgetbox. There is no separate sign-up necessary.
The data is retroactive from August 2006. You can see the usage statistics of your existing widgets since the day they first appeared on Widgetbox.
It’s free as part of the platform. There is no extra charge.
Features
Analyze widgets by these key metrics:
- Subscriptions - A “subscription” occurs when a blogger or web page owner personalizes a Widgetbox widget and gets it for their web page.
- Hits - A ‘hit’, or page view, occurs when a web surfer views a web page with the subscribed widget on it.
- Referrals - A ‘referral’ occurs when a web surfer viewing a web page containing your widget clicks the ‘Get Widget’ button underneath the widget. This takes them to the widget’s home page on Widgetbox. At this point they can themselves subscribe to the widget.
- Conversions - A ‘conversion’ occurs when a person who has been referred to a widget subscribes to that widget.
Break down the data by specific subscriptions to a widget. See what internet domains those widget subscriptions are placed on.
Break down the data by time period. Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly increments.
Specific Reports
Subscription Growth Report
Charts a widget’s new subscriptions and active subscriptions over a time period.
Enables you to track your user base and understand what external events are triggering user adoption of your widget.
Traffic and Referral Growth Report
Charts a widget’s hits, referrals and conversions over a time period.
Enables you to track the hits (page views) to your widget, as well as the overall success of current subscribers driving new subscribers.
Most Active Subscriptions / Domains Report
Charts the most active subscriptions by hits (page views), referrals and conversions. Shows the domains each subscription is on and allows click-through to the actual domain the subscription is on.
Enables you to understand which user subscriptions are the most valuable and influential.
Summary Report
Shows total hits (page views) over a time period and also breaks it down by the most-viewed subscriptions and domains.
Enables you to quickly see the overall syndication health of their widget.
