I've enabled the Google Webmaster Central account for the www.openoffice.org website. This essentially gives us access to the information Google collects during its regular scanning of the web, as well as information they gather when users search Google. This includes things like reports on what searches lead most to which of our pages, which external links are broken and which pages have malware on them (it actually reports two pages). It also gives hints on optimizing how the site works with their search engine.
Please note that this is not Google Analytics. It does not involve any tracking code added to our pages. We're not collecting any new information about our users. We're just accessing aggregate information that Google already collects. We can enable multiple users for the Google Webmaster account. If you are an AOO committer and knowledgeable about these things (for example, do you know about sitemaps, robots.txt and know more HTTP error codes beyond "401") then please send me (off-list if you prefer) your Google Accounts email address (address used to log into Google websites) and I'll add you to the account. Based on my brief scan of the info available, there is actionable info here, nothing earth shattering, but some things that we should address. In particular, we should figure out if the 97,090 missing pages are cause for concern. Regards, -Rob
