Content delivery network with customized tracking of delivery data

A system for allowing an operator of a content site to specify content delivery data to be gathered by a content delivery network, the system comprising:

• a content management module executing on a content delivery network, the content management module operative to provide a first user interface accessible by an operator of a content site, the first user interface providing functionality for the operator of the content site to upload content to a content delivery network, the content delivery network operative to deliver the content to end users of the content site from one or more delivery servers in response to receiving requests to serve the content, the one or more delivery servers being edge nodes in the content delivery network;
• a custom tracking module, the custom tracking module operative to output a second user interface for display to the operator of the content site with one or more processors, the second user interface providing functionality for the operator of the content site to specify types of content delivery data to be tracked by the content delivery network, the second user interface further operative to provide the types of content delivery data to be tracked to the one or more delivery servers, such that the one or more delivery servers are operative to obtain the content delivery data;
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• a reporting module operative to output the content delivery data for presentation to the operator of the content site in a reporting user interface.

A method of tracking usage data in a content delivery network based at least partly on tracking preferences specified by an operator of a content site, the method comprising:

• receiving delivery tracking preferences from an operator of a content site with a delivery server, the delivery tracking preferences specifying one or more types of content delivery data to be tracked by the delivery server, the delivery server being a node in a content delivery network, wherein the delivery server hosts content for the content site;
• providing the content to one or more users of the content site with the delivery server;
• tracking the specified types of content delivery data with the delivery server;
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• submitting the content delivery data to another node in the content delivery network to enable the operator of the content site to obtain access to the content delivery data.

A method of allowing content site operators to change a type of delivery data tracked by edge nodes in a content delivery network, the method comprising:

• collecting a first type of delivery data with one or more delivery servers in a content delivery network, the first type of delivery data comprising information associated with deliveries of content to end users of a content site, the content being hosted by the content delivery network on behalf of the content site;
• providing an operator of the content site with an option to change the first type of content data to be tracked to a custom type of delivery data to be tracked;
• in response to receiving a request from the content site operator specifying a second type of delivery data to be tracked, changing with one or more processors the first type of content data to be tracked to the second type of delivery data to be tracked;
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• tracking the second type of delivery data with the one or more delivery servers.