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Poll: How often do you look at the Visitors tab of your ProZ.com profile? Лице кое објавува дискусија: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How often do you look at the Visitors tab of your ProZ.com profile?".
This poll was originally submitted by Ozer Sahin. View the poll results »
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neilmac
Шпанија
Local time: 13:08
шпански на англиски
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Look at the what? I didn't know there was one. I must go and have a peek now...
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| First time this morning! | Aug 19, 2012 |
neilmac wrote:
Look at the what? I didn't know there was one. I must go and have a peek now...
Just looked for the first time. It is a members only feature and as I am not a paying member of ProZ, I will remain ignorant of its content.
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Mary Worby 
Обединето Кралство
Local time: 12:08
Член
германски на англиски
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| Once a week or so ... | Aug 19, 2012 |
Although I'm not really sure why, it doesn't exactly give much away!
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neilmac
Шпанија
Local time: 13:08
шпански на англиски
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| Quite interesting | Aug 19, 2012 |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne wrote:
neilmac wrote:
Look at the what? I didn't know there was one. I must go and have a peek now...
Just looked for the first time. It is a members only feature and as I am not a paying member of ProZ, I will remain ignorant of its content.
Well that was quite interesting. It shows if (and when) your profile has been accessed and whether it was by a proz member, freelancer or "unknown" (presumably mostly agencies or potential clients, as well as the usual lurking scammers).
I found it reassuring, having refused an approach from an outsourcer who approached me a couple of days ago. The agency asked for an "updated CV" and "best rates", but my profile states quite clearly :
"POTENTIAL CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: I am not usually willing to provide ... "updated CVs". And please do NOT ask for my "BEST RATES" - if you are serious, just make me an offer."
So now I know that they accessed my profile but went on and ignored my preferences, I'm glad I turned them down. They also had a less than perfect BB rating. So, I'd say it's an interesting feature but not a key function.
[Edited at 2012-08-19 08:36 GMT]
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| Once in a blue moon! | Aug 19, 2012 |
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ErichEko ⟹⭐
Индонезија
Local time: 18:08
Член (2007)
англиски на индонезиски
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| Unless you like statistics or numbers.. | Aug 19, 2012 |
It doesn't give me much.
So long as those accessing our profile pages get their IDs (for ProZ member) hidden, the information is almost useless.
I suggest visitors are asked whether they are willing to disclose/share their IDs. If NOT, I'd like their access to be restricted to my main profile page only, nothing else. It is just fair for us to know their IDs when they have full access (CV, KudoZ, more intimate contact such Skype and YM).
I'd say those who ... See more It doesn't give me much.
So long as those accessing our profile pages get their IDs (for ProZ member) hidden, the information is almost useless.
I suggest visitors are asked whether they are willing to disclose/share their IDs. If NOT, I'd like their access to be restricted to my main profile page only, nothing else. It is just fair for us to know their IDs when they have full access (CV, KudoZ, more intimate contact such Skype and YM).
I'd say those who love statistics and numbers will find this feature of some value. Those who don't will wonder how to benefit from this data. ▲ Collapse
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Ty Kendall
Обединето Кралство
Local time: 12:08
еврејски на англиски
| I find it quite useful.... | Aug 19, 2012 |
It can come in handy sometimes, especially when checking on people who approach you for work. I used it the other day for a rather strange offer, the details on the visitors tab just added even more oddities and tipped the scales in helping me decide what to do.
It also helps to see how effective my website is since I can see how many people have found their way to my ProZ profile from my website. I can also see what keywords were used in Google searches to find me which may allow m... See more It can come in handy sometimes, especially when checking on people who approach you for work. I used it the other day for a rather strange offer, the details on the visitors tab just added even more oddities and tipped the scales in helping me decide what to do.
It also helps to see how effective my website is since I can see how many people have found their way to my ProZ profile from my website. I can also see what keywords were used in Google searches to find me which may allow me to tweak my keywords for optimal effect (not that I've done this yet).
I answered "other" because "a few times a month" was not an option. ▲ Collapse
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Some of us did not know anything about this function.
As for me, I check it very rarely.
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Sheila Wilson
Шпанија
Local time: 12:08
Член (2007)
англиски
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| Too much information, insufficient meaning | Aug 19, 2012 |
It would be an awful lot more useful if you could exclude trawlers rather than listing them (280 out of 354 in one month for my profile). You can't see the wood for the trees at the moment. I can only see back to 16/08 on page 1. I can't get anything meaningful from the 18 pages of information about my visitors since 21/07.
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Maria Simmen
Германија
Local time: 13:08
англиски на германски
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| Excluding crawlers | Aug 19, 2012 |
Sheila, you can exclude crawler visits by clicking "List by visitor" just below the table. My list gets significantly shorter then, so I guess the crawler visits aren't included in the count anymore...?
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Sheila Wilson
Шпанија
Local time: 12:08
Член (2007)
англиски
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Maria Bruessler wrote:
Sheila, you can exclude crawler visits by clicking "List by visitor" just below the table. My list gets significantly shorter then, so I guess the crawler visits aren't included in the count anymore...?
Thanks for that Maria. As you say, the list does get shorter. However, I still have 11 pages and 212 visitors to plough through. I just don't know what I'd get from doing that.
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| Unfortunately, | Aug 19, 2012 |
even if you click "List by visitor" it doesn't exclude crawlers completely. Thus, every now and then I have, let's say, 32 visits from Palo Alto, California. Needless to say I have never had a contact or a client there.
But, all in all, useful feature.
[Edited at 2012-08-19 12:42 GMT]
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Ty Kendall wrote:
It can come in handy sometimes, especially when checking on people who approach you for work. I used it the other day for a rather strange offer, the details on the visitors tab just added even more oddities and tipped the scales in helping me decide what to do.
I answered "other" because "a few times a month" was not an option.
It is also interesting that after some polls where your answer is not along the lines, how many people also take a look at your profile
[Edited at 2012-08-19 19:49 GMT]
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Annelise Brincker (X)
Данска
Local time: 13:08
англиски на дански
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| really good poll | Aug 19, 2012 |
I learned something new. I had never noticed that tab or indeed used any of the tabs. I will from now on.
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