569403 - Create Add-on Download Conversion Metric

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Statistics, defect)

Description

[Blake Cutler]

Please add the following parameters to all .xpi download links:

WT.si_n=FirefoxAddon
WT.si_x=1
WT.si_cs=1

For example: .xpi?src=homepagepromo&WT.si_n=FirefoxAddon&WT.si_x=1&WT.si_cs=1 

This will allow us to simply track add-on conversions with WebTrends.  Thanks!

Comment 1

[Jeff Balogh (:jbalogh)]

Can't you gather this from the download type updates in bug 567481?

Comment 2

[Blake Cutler]

I don't believe we can.  This is WebTrends' recommended implementation.

Comment 3

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

Since the changes in bug 567481 went live Thursday night, downloads seem to be showing up correctly. They show up in the downloaded files report and my scenario analysis reports showing details page conversions.

Are these special parameters still needed? I'd rather not add them unless they're essential.

Comment 4

[Brian Gallagher]

Justin,

The parameters are required for us to track add-on specific conversion events as a metric on various reports.  It's still required to do this.  

Thanks
Brian

Comment 5

[raul.tabacu]

Does this mean that all that is required for this bug is to find all the links that have ".xpi" in their name and add  "WT.si_n=FirefoxAddon&WT.si_x=1&WT.si_cs=1" to them?If so i would like to give it a try.

Comment 6

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Thanks for filing this.  In an effort to not drown in existing reports we're aggressively closing old enhancements and bugs to get the buglist to a reasonable level so we can scope and process bug sprints in an effective manner.

Patches for this bug are still welcome.