Site Statistics

Can anyone recommend a good site statistics tracker
(preferably free!).

I'm currently using the free version of sitemeter, but I'm
not
convinced of its accuracy as it seems to miss visits
occasionally.

Thanks

Rob


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Try www.statcounter.com. Works good and free.


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You should definitely try Google Analytics...  It may be a
little bit
too heavy-duty for some people, but it's free and it's world
class.
(Google bought the popular Urchin stats company and turned
it into
this.)  I use this for Photoblogs.org, etc.

http://www.google.co
m/analytics/

There's also Awstats... if you have access to your web log
files (and
you're a bit of a tech-geek), you can install it on your
server.

http://awstats.source
forge.net/

One quick thing, though, there's a big difference between
stats
software (like Awstats) that checks your server's log files
and a
service like Google Analytics.  Google Analytics uses
Javascript to
track real web browser hits in real-time... and Awstats
looks at all
the info from your server logs.  Server logs will show hits
from all
kinds of crazy spam bots and things, so they can actually be
wildly
out of sync with what "real" users are doing on
your site.

Since spam-bot software generally doesn't do anything with
Javascript,
Google Analytics (or any similar service) will *ignore*
these spam
bots whereas something like Awstats will still show you all
that fake
traffic.

Something to think about.

-b

On 10/25/06, Carrie M. <carrie24gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't trust Sitemeter, either.  Then again, after a
known spike in traffic
> over the past few days, I'm not sure I trust my host's
stats package, also.
>
> Sitemeter tells me there are literally like 800 or so
*less* visitors/day
> than my 1and1 stats package tells me...that's a HUGE
discrepancy.  However,
> over the past few days, I've received a lot more
traffic from
> photoblogs.org, which Sitemeter has reflected, but
1and1 has barely
> registered a blip on (ie. it's barely shown a spike at
all).  So I'm not
> sure what to believe anymore.  I just installed Google
Analytics to see what
> I get there...I'll start seeing the results in a day or
two.
>
> It's not so much that I care if I have a ton of
visitors, but I do care if
> my stats are accurate for other purposes.  It's
frustrating!
>
> Cheers,
> Carrie
> http://www.delineated.com
>
>
> On 10/25/06, Arne Gulstene <shutterviewgmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I use www.tracewatch.com
> >
> >
> > it installs on your server so you have to have
your own hosting.
> >
> > There is also Google Analytics....
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/25/06, robjones100yahoo.co.uk <
robjones100yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > Can anyone recommend a good site statistics
tracker (preferably free!).
> > >
> > > I'm currently using the free version of
sitemeter, but I'm not
> > > convinced of its accuracy as it seems to miss
visits occasionally.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Arne
> >
> >
> > www.shutterview.ca
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>  >
>


-- 
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http://www.photoblogs.org/

http://www.brandonstone.
com/
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I like google's stats too, it just takes a bit of time to
find the
things that are relevant to you. One thing google's stats
don't do,
from what I've seen, is allow you to 'tag' individual files
and get
reports on them, but that's not something that's too
important for a
photoblog I don't think, you can get basic information on
URLs and
activity.


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It's possible their definitions of what a 'visitor' is
varies between
the two packages.


Carrie M. wrote:
> I don't trust Sitemeter, either.  Then again, after a
known spike in traffic
> over the past few days, I'm not sure I trust my host's
stats package, also.
>
> Sitemeter tells me there are literally like 800 or so
*less* visitors/day
> than my 1and1 stats package tells me...that's a HUGE
discrepancy.  However,
> over the past few days, I've received a lot more
traffic from photoblogs.org,
> which Sitemeter has reflected, but 1and1 has barely
registered a blip on
> (ie. it's barely shown a spike at all).  So I'm not
sure what to believe
> anymore.  I just installed Google Analytics to see what
I get there...I'll
> start seeing the results in a day or two.
>
> It's not so much that I care if I have a ton of
visitors, but I do care if
> my stats are accurate for other purposes.  It's
frustrating!
> 
> Cheers,
> Carrie
> http://www.delineated.com
>


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