Tracking downloads of your software + software CDN?
- by jason l baptiste
I'm primarily a web app developer/entrepreneur, so there's a lot I don't know about the desktop software distribution process. I've been thinking about making a Mac OS X app for fun, that I would distribute for free or a really small donation, but started thinking about distribution+download analytics:
a) How do you host your software? Just on your web server/amazon s3 as the CDN?
b) How do you track download analytics?
On the flip side, I've thought about developing a simple service that does just this: Offers CDN hosting for software downloads, analytics by version, lets users share the app upon download, and makes the whole process a lot easier for ISVs. Curious to get feedback. Thanks!
-jlb