Stats? What stats?

Well, I’ve created a page that displays some useful overall information about the site.
Assuming your URL is http://localhost/jobberbase/, the stats can be accessed at http://localhost/jobberbase/stats/.

You probably don’t want other people to see them, so you might want to protect the page somehow. On jobber.ro, I use an extra param (/stats/EXTRA_PARAM/) based on which I perform a basic authentication (if EXTRA_PARAM exists, display page). :p

What stats are available?

• A list of the latest job applications + total no. of apps + maximum apps per day, in the past 30 days + average apps per day, in the past 30 days.
• List of performed searches on the site + total no. of searches + max searches per day in the past 30 days + avg apps per day in the past 30 days.

On jobber.ro we also track the site widgets, like this:
Whenever someone clicks on a job ad she sees on a 3rd party site (that displays the jobber site widget), we save the referrer. This way, we know EXACTLY how many people actually used the site widget and how popular it is on their sites .

Metrics is always good!
Enjoy!