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== Session Title == | == Session Title == | ||
Understanding Firefox Active User Size | |||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Figuring out how many active Firefox users there are is not as simple as just summing the numbers | Figuring out how many active Firefox users there are is not as simple as just summing the numbers in in our server logs. Are our estimates correct? How can we get a better understanding of our user base while protecting user privacy? | ||
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** the consequences of "doing the right thing" | ** the consequences of "doing the right thing" | ||
* Research: mining 178G of server logs | * Research: mining 178G of server logs | ||
** | ** cookie clearing and user privacy | ||
** unique ids, average gap size, average run length | ** unique ids, average gap size, average run length | ||
* where do we go from here? | * where do we go from here? | ||
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* [[User:Asa|Asa Dotzler]] | * [[User:Asa|Asa Dotzler]] | ||
* David Rolnitzky | |||
* Mozilla Japan (who is TBD) | |||
* Ken Saunders | |||
* Sherman | |||
Latest revision as of 03:38, 11 November 2006
Session Title
Understanding Firefox Active User Size
Session Leader
K Lars Lohn
Summary
Figuring out how many active Firefox users there are is not as simple as just summing the numbers in in our server logs. Are our estimates correct? How can we get a better understanding of our user base while protecting user privacy?
Agenda
- Review: our current technique
- the AUS cookie
- the formal definition of Active Users
- summing over a range of days
- the consequences of "doing the right thing"
- Research: mining 178G of server logs
- cookie clearing and user privacy
- unique ids, average gap size, average run length
- where do we go from here?
- a formal definition for a new metric
- is this accurate?
Interested Attendees
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- Asa Dotzler
- David Rolnitzky
- Mozilla Japan (who is TBD)
- Ken Saunders
- Sherman