Forum:Quantcast

Is there any particular reason why the public are now denied access to Quantcast statistics for Wikia sites? Quantcast used to be very informative and helpful when wanting to find out traffic data, but now we need to rely on a broken and hardly informative AdminDashboard system, or other methods like Google analytics or Sitemeter which are not as simple to use as Quantcast.

Quantcast statistics have been publicly accessible for ages, what was the reason that now they can't be accessed by the public, and so Wikia users are now no longer able to check out in reasonable detail and with reasonable ease what the traffic to Wikia wikis is?

--Callofduty4 15:59, April 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Considering that the admin dashboard stats have been inaccurate for some time and that they regularly go down, disabling views to quantcast provides an inconvenience to wikis who want to monitor their views and account for them and improve upon them. I see absolutely no reason why the public should not be able to see the views for wikia sites. Tagged staff needed--
 * User:Jenburton's response when this was brought up was "Hi all - we made the decision to restrict access to the network's Quantcast data for a couple reasons: it's proprietary business information and due to the inconsistencies across the major reporting agencies (specifically Quantcast and ComScore)"
 * I kinda understand this from a business perspective, Quantcast gave a lot of info out - and that meant that competitors to Wikia had access to that info. I really don't know how big a deal that is.
 * From a wiki perspective, there is currently no way for non-admins to see this data. Admin Dashboard isn't seen by all users, and this is a major oversight in it's current form, adding functionality for admins only is not how wikis should be ran, because it creates an atmosphere where admins are seen as better than normal users, which very much goes against wiki philosophy. I've added "Staff Needed" to the forum so hopefully someone will get back to us on this, the info needs to be given to all users, not just admins. --  Random Time  16:11, April 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * Last time I checked, the admin stats were also broken. What business info did quantcast give out btw? -- Kangaroopowah  ( Talk ) 17:06, April 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * The stats are the info, it told competitors about traffic to the site, and (with debatable accuracy) the demographics of the users. --  Random Time  17:50, April 9, 2012 (UTC)