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Innovative ways libraries use RSS
Probably old hat to many astute RSS4Lib readers, but this was new to me, so I thought I’d share this solution to getting a reasonable minimum number of PDF downloads from your site, assuming that you use Google Search Console (formerly called Google Webmaster Tools) and that you’re willing to assume that Google drives a significant portion of traffic to your site. Hat tip to Kenning Arlitsch for this method (citation below).
It is notoriously difficult to count PDF (or other binary file downloads) from your site, for several reasons:
Ken Varnum | Libraries, Discovery, and More
Au Courant : Paul Courant's blog about libraries, economics, public policy, and other stuff
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