We are happy to introduce the first version of Yahoo! Blueprint Analytics. The new online tool provides you with usage information for your Blueprint Services. Yahoo! Blueprint Analytics are available for all live Blueprint Services from the “Manage Widgets” page on the Developer’s Site. You will notice that the site has changed a bit. The “Total Number of Subscriptions” has been removed and we have added a new link after each Blueprint Service called “View Stats”; this link brings you to the new Analytics page.

A word on the “Total Number of Subscriptions”: We removed this count because, with the extension of the Blueprint Platform to support Mobile Sites and stand-alone Mobile Apps, it is no longer meaningful. While the subscription count gave you some indication of the popularity of your service, we believe that actual usage information is more valuable.

The new Yahoo! Blueprint Analytics page uses a Flash module to display the following data:
1.) Unique devices
2.) Page views
3.) Average page views per unique device

Each item is available on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. A date selector in the upper left corner allows you to select two dates to define a range.

The platform we are using to generate this data is new and has been operational for only a few weeks. This means that you may not be able to see usage data from the time you first submitted your service; tracking started sometime from mid-September to early October (depending when your service was connected to the new tool).

Data for Regions Across the World
Analytic data can be broken down by region. If you want to see how many devices have accessed your service during a specific day, week, or month in the US, Germany, or Burkina Faso, the new tool will be able to tell you. Simply select the region you are interested in from the pull-down menu on the upper toolbar. To see data for all regions, select “All” from the same menu.

Don’t Cut & Paste: Export!
You can export data to a CSV file. Just specify the start and end date, wait a few moments for the new view to appear, click “CSV Export”, and save the generated file to your computer.

We will add more features and usage insights (such as most popular device types) very soon. Stay tuned!