sharepoint - Send alerts when post is read -

i'm wondering whether sharepoint can send alerts administrators when blog posts read. want track how many people (if @ all) reading technical blog posts.

i have found way set alerts when items change, not when viewed.

no, not possible "simple" solution - in out-of-the-box. there no "viewed item" event in way.

you either have tap sharepoint analytics database , check when specific user has viewed specific page , upon event send mail. have code timer job checks in regular intervals this. (simpler) method have small webpart embedded on blog post page tracks has viewed page , sends alerts.

you should rethink doing in case. there no measure of when has read blog post. did read blog post if entered url? maybe click error , user leaves page right away. maybe activate "read" flag after amount of time - how determine time spent in stateless web? javascript timer being started when user arrives @ page, stopped when leaves page? how send "stop" signal if user closes browser?

you can track if user visited page - not mean read article / blog post. sure way include button on page says "i have read blog post". again, button can faked, i.e. clicked without reading, have users' word read blog post. third solution , in eyes best solution track has read blog post: implement button allows user mark post read. implemented nicely tracking-list, list in turn subscribed admin automatic summaries of has read article, hasn't.