Matt Hammond wrote: > On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:54:03 -0000, David Greaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Matt Hammond wrote: >>> The statements attributes to Ashley Highfield seem to talk about *users* >>> (eg. measured as unique cookies) whereas the other numbers we're >>> comparing against here are being described as "usage" and "hits". >>> >>> Just thought I'd point it out before we get in a mess :-) >> >> Still comparing apples and apples though: "We have 17.1 million users of >> bbc.co.uk in the UK ... and around 400 to 600 are Linux users." >> >> So there does appear to be a mess somewhere... > > If the usage profile of those linux users is broadly comparable to those > of the other platforms you're probably right. > > One other thought: Ashley Highfield's comments may only relate to the > main www.bbc.co.uk site - excluding BBC news. Historically the news have > run and managed a separate operation iirc (though that may now be > changing). Site stats were (are still?) collected separately for the > two. What if, like myself, other linux users tend to visit > news.bbc.co.uk but not www.bbc.co.uk?
I just visited www.bbc.co.uk. I can see why no-one would visit that page other than to browse for links... I wonder if linux users probably are more tech savvy and may use deep-links automatically whereas more PC users may tend to go to the home page. In either case I strongly suspect that the picture he's portraying is highly misleading although it *may* even be technically true. Whether it was deliberately misleading I couldn't say. I suppose my opinion will depend on whether he corrects himself or lets the misunderstanding stand. It was certainly a derogatory remark to make about the size and implied importance/relevance of the linux community. David - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
