Public Group Library viewership

Rob Troyer · February 20, 2020

I've compiled a group bibliography that is open for anyone to view, and I'd like to know how many people are reaching and viewing it. Can Zotero provide any kind of web traffic report for a group's library page?

dstillman · February 20, 2020

Sorry, this isn't something we provide.

I'm not sure anyone has any particular objection to it, but providing meaningful analytics would be a pretty significant undertaking, and it's not something we currently have any plans to do.

Rob Troyer · February 20, 2020

Thanks for the answer. Is it possible to use an external app like Google Analytics or some other to track usage?

dstillman · February 20, 2020

No, that's not possible.

dstillman · February 20, 2020

Oh, sorry, you mean would it be possible for us to do that? We wouldn't use Google Analytics, and it's unlikely we'd use a different third-party hosted service. There are locally hosted analytics packages, but customizing one to show just the right data for each library would still be a large undertaking.

karinholm · March 24, 2020

I would love to track usage as well for a Public, Closed group library.

Teaching_Enrichment_Center · May 1, 2020

Yep, same here. I'm running a public Zotero bibliography on college teaching (https://www.zotero.org/groups/2483017/bibliography_on_college_teaching/library), and analytics would help me justify the time I spend on it.