January 15, 2001

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University of Notre Dame Web Advisory Council
Meeting
January 15, 2001
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Base Web Traffic December 2000

• 6,100,000 Pages Viewed
• 1,400,000 Visits
• 533,000 Users
• 22 increase over Dec 99

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Plus

• 1,600,000 Page Views - Athletics
• 409,000 PV - Admissions
• 212,000 PV Alumni
• 15,000 PV- Development
• 11,000 PV Career Center

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Total Web Traffic December 2000

• 2,000,000 Visits!
• 8,300,000 Page Views!

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Site Audits Performed

• First Year of Studies
• Office of Research
• College of Arts Letters
• Center for Social Concerns
• RecSports
• Student Activities

Physics Dept Residence Life The Graduate
School Campus Ministry Student Affairs Medieval
Institute Library
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Spring 00 Projects Services

• Privacy Policy
• Site Performance Enhancements
• Online Event Management
• ND via your Palm Pilot!
• Campus Connections
• Nd.edu site v2.2

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Privacy Policy

• What is collected via the Web
• Use of tracking technologies (cookies)
• Sharing of information with others
• Handling of user information
• FSU, Harvard, Penn State, UCLA
• Small campus group to develop

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Content Delivery Enhancements

• Trial partnership with Akamai

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Before Akamai
Web Surfer

ND Web Servers
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Before Akamai
Web Surfer

Browser requests content
ND Web Servers
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Before Akamai
Web Surfer

Browser requests content
ND Web Servers
ND Web server sends content
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After Akamai
Web Surfer

ND Web Servers
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After Akamai
Web Surfer
Browser requests content

ND Web Servers
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After Akamai
Web Surfer
Browser requests content

ND Web Servers
ND Web server sends only text
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After Akamai
Web Surfer
Browser requests content

ND Web Servers
ND Web server sends only text
Akamai Servers
Closest Akamai server sends images video
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Content Delivery Enhancements

• ND Web site content available on
  6,000 servers worldwide (32 states in US)
• Less traffic on ND Net connection
• Better performance to Web surfer
• Especially helpful with streaming

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Akamai customers

• Apple, CBS, Chicago Sun-Times, CNET, CNN
  Interactive, Lands' End, Lycos, Monster.com,
  MSNBC, NBC, The Motley Fool, The Nasdaq Stock
  Market, washingtonpost.com, Yahooand 2,000
  others!

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Campus Event Management

• Online management for all ND events
• Build agenda, speaker bios, event details,
  quickly and easily
• Online interactive registration
• Full reporting data download available
• Fees paid via credit cards tied to University
  accounts
• Room/lodging travel links?

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Customers who use these services

• Democratic National Convention
• Stanford Athletics
• United Way
• Sun Microsystems
• Kaiser Permantente

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ND via your Palm Pilot!

• Students built prototype system
• ND Press releases, Observer News,
  University Calendar, and local weather
• Downloaded to PDA via AvanteGo Service
• Eventually available via wireless PDA network

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Campus Connections

• 2-4 additional WebCams added this spring
• Main campus quads, peace memorial, lakes, others?
• Possible user-controlled WebCam
• Example
• Example 2
• Example 3

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ND.edu Web Site v2.2

• Ongoing improvements to design and navigation
• Not a major redesign
• Current Site
• Preview New site

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• Questions?
• Comments?
• Suggestions?

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Next Meeting

• February 20, 2001
• 2-3pm
• Notre Dame Room
• LaFortune

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University of Notre Dame Web Advisory Council
Meeting
January 15, 2001