Link tracking
Using link tracking is [43]an easy way for us to find out how people are getting to our download page. People might click over to our download page from any of a number of areas, and knowing the relative usage of those links can help us understand what materials we’re producing are more effective than others.
Adding links
Each link should be constructed by adding ? to the URL, followed by a short code that includes:
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an indicator for the link source (such as the wiki release notes)
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an indicator for the Fedora release in specific (such as F15 for the final, or F15a for the Alpha test release)
So a link to get.fp.o from the one-page release notes would become http://get.fedoraproject.org/?opF15.
FAQ
I want to copy a link to my status update for social networking, or my
blog.::
If you’re posting a status update to identi.ca, for example, use the
link tracking code for status updates. Don’t copy a link straight from
an announcement that includes link tracking from the announcement. You
can copy the link itself but remember to change the portion after the
? to instead use the st code for status updates and blogs, followed by
the Fedora release version (such as F16a, F16b, or F16), like this:
http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease?stF16a
I want to point people to the announcement from my blog. Should I use
the announcement link tracking code?::
The actual URL link itself is the announcement URL. Add the link
tracking code for blogs, which would start with ?st and end with the
Fedora release version, like this:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F16_release_announcement?stF16a
The codes
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Note
Additions to this table are welcome. |
| Link source | Code |
|---|---|
Email announcements |
an |
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Wiki announcements |
wkan |
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Front page |
fp |
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Front page of wiki |
wkfp |
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The press release Red Hat makes |
rhpr |
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---------- |
rhf |
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---------- |
Test phase release notes on |
wkrn |
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---------- |
Official release notes |
rn |
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---------- |
Official installation guide |
ig |
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---------- |
One-page release notes |
op |
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---------- |
Status links (blogs, social media) |
st |