Hi, no, I understood the question correctly. The data I provided corresponds only to the PDF documents downloaded from repository via a search engine (so once all robots activities cleaned from logs). We then provide these "cleaned" and analyzed logs to authors regularly with the referring URL. So, in most cases, the author gets the search submitted to google that allowed finding the document. Here is an example of the logs send to authors : Date Document Internet provider Country City Referal Referal 2011/11/23 23:26:03 Silva Flavia, Nicoli Jacques R., Zambonino Jose-Luis, Le Gall Marie-Madeleine, Kaushik Sadasivam, Gatesoupe Francois-Joel (2010). Influence of partial substitution of dietary fish meal on the activity of digestive enzymes in the intestinal brush border membrane of gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata and goldfish, Carassius auratus. Aquaculture, 306(1-4), 233-237. Publisher's official version : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.05.018 , Open Access version : http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00009/11975/ University of Calgary Canada Calgary Search in Google : goldfish maltase 2011/11/23 23:08:53 Fleury Pierre-Gildas, Mingant Christian, Castillo A (1996). A preliminary study of the behaviour and vitality of reseeded juvenile great scallops, of three sizes in three seasons. Aquaculture International, 4(4), 325-337. Publisher's official version : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00120949 , Open Access version : http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/2440/ Uninet S.A. de C.V. Mexico Hermosillo Search in Google Scholar : "in three different seasons" 2011/11/23 22:41:18 Rodriguez Julien, Connan Jean-Paul, Dutto Gilbert, Petton Bruno, Falguiere Jean-Claude (2010). Dimorphisme de croissance et mise en évidence d'effets familiaux chez l'ombrine ocellée, Sciaenops ocellatus, en Martinique. Tahiti Aquaculture 2010 - Aquaculture durable en milieu insulaire et tropicale/Sustainable aquaculture on tropical islands, 6-11 décembre 2010, Arue, Tahiti, Polynésie française. http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00020/13171/ Algerie Telecom - FAWRI Algeria Annaba Search in Google : le calcul du sexe ratio d'un poisson 2011/11/23 21:45:18 Hui Belinda, Demoy-Schneider Marina, Vonau Vincent, Le Moullac Gilles, Moriceau Jacques, Le Pennec Marcel, Cochard Jean-Claude (2009). Gamete cryopreservation, an asset for a durable pearl farming in French Polynesia. 1th Pacific Science Inter-Congress, 02-06 March 2009, Tahiti, French Polynesia. http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00029/14043/ Universitaet Giessen Germany Gießen http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00029/14043/ Search in Google Scholar : cryopreservation oocyte mollusc And these results sound quite the same that the ones I heard from others repository managers. Kind regards, Fred Le 24/08/2012 17:37, Brian Kelly a écrit : > Hi Kevin > Thanks for the comment. > You are correct. My question is > > How many requests come from individuals who search for a resource, > find a result and click on it, thus arriving at the repository. > > Rather than the numbers of requests, I'm interested in the proportion > of requests, compared with other sources, which may be no referrer > (e.g. URL typed in directly or link from email or Twitter client > besides the Web client) or links from other web sites. > > Cheers > > Brian > > > On 24/08/2012 16:07, Kevin Ashley wrote: >> On 24/08/12 13:59, Brian Kelly wrote: >>> Hi >>> Does anyone have any statistics on the proportion of traffic which >>> arrives at >>> institutional repositories from Google? >>> >> >> Brian >> The response from Frederic Merceur suggests that you may wish >> to phrase your question more precisely, as he interpreted it >> in a way very different to me. >> >> Frederic's response was to the question 'how many HTTP requests >> come from Google servers' if I understand correctly. Or >> in other words, how much of our traffic comes from robots ? >> >> I understood your question as meaning 'How much traffic comes via >> a google referral', or in other words how often do people find >> stuff in repositories via a search engine. >> >> The answers to these questions are likely to be very different, >> and both are interesting. Which one were you asking ? >> >> cheers >> Kevin >> > -- Fred Merceur Ifremer / Bibliothèque La Pérouse [log in to unmask] Tél : 02-98-49-88-69 Fax : 02-98-49-88-84 Archimer, Ifremer's Institutional Repository <http://archimer.ifremer.fr/> Avano, a marine and aquatic OAI harvester <http://www.ifremer.fr/avano/> Bibliothèque La Pérouse <http://www.ifremer.fr/blp/> *Avant d'imprimer, pensez à l'environnement!*