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Good question and good responses. Layla, in terms of community growth I usually recommend that communities start by measuring seven things:
Posts
Page views
Registrations
Searches
Time to Response
Posts per Board
Top Posters
The goal is to cover the full spectrum of community usage. Posts are obviously key — no content, no community — but since most community users never register and never post, you need passive metrics like page views and searches too. (Per your list, sessions and…