Google has a free one - the how to is on their main page.I don't have a way at the moment to check my site stats. It would be nice tho to see sometimes. The only stats I get are from the B&B association and webervations.
Maybe swirt can tell you more about this?.
Just go to Google Analytics and sign up for it. You then post the code to your site. You will get more stats than you can shake a stick at!!!!I don't have a way at the moment to check my site stats. It would be nice tho to see sometimes. The only stats I get are from the B&B association and webervations.
Maybe swirt can tell you more about this?.
How do your metrics compare between web-stat and Google? I am always curious to see if the numbers match-up well. Google does a really good job at filtering out "bad" traffic like the Chinese-isp-bots... curious if others keep up with them.I have a cheapo called www-web-stat.com and for $5 per month I get all the info I can digest (I am not a computer whiz like some on this Blorum). I also have Google Analytics. This tells me are they first time or repeat and when they were here last (2nd, 3th, 4th, etc and how many days or hours since last visit). Also tells me (usually) the city & state/country but the 2 most important to me are referrer and keywords searched on - and I can click to see where I placed in this search..
You can get the same info from just about any registrar. I ususally use whois.netI did a quick stats review and found this tool. If anyone is interesting in this information..
It probably would not hurt if I knew a bit more about what I am looking at, however, Analyitics is giving me a 30 day referrer list and Web Stat is giving me calendar month. Taking that into consideration, I think Web Stat is pretty close. It shows views not hits. I can also look ar how many views per month since I started using them, what day of the week gets the most traffic, the hour of the day, etc. I could get more info as in click path & page vie and uptime & connect time if I would pay a bit more.How do your metrics compare between web-stat and Google? I am always curious to see if the numbers match-up well. Google does a really good job at filtering out "bad" traffic like the Chinese-isp-bots... curious if others keep up with them.I have a cheapo called www-web-stat.com and for $5 per month I get all the info I can digest (I am not a computer whiz like some on this Blorum). I also have Google Analytics. This tells me are they first time or repeat and when they were here last (2nd, 3th, 4th, etc and how many days or hours since last visit). Also tells me (usually) the city & state/country but the 2 most important to me are referrer and keywords searched on - and I can click to see where I placed in this search..
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You can change the parameters in Google analytics to 31 days so that it would show all of July. You can change the range to whatever you want actually.It probably would not hurt if I knew a bit more about what I am looking at, however, Analyitics is giving me a 30 day referrer list and Web Stat is giving me calendar month. Taking that into consideration, I think Web Stat is pretty close. It shows views not hits. I can also look ar how many views per month since I started using them, what day of the week gets the most traffic, the hour of the day, etc. I could get more info as in click path & page vie and uptime & connect time if I would pay a bit more.How do your metrics compare between web-stat and Google? I am always curious to see if the numbers match-up well. Google does a really good job at filtering out "bad" traffic like the Chinese-isp-bots... curious if others keep up with them.I have a cheapo called www-web-stat.com and for $5 per month I get all the info I can digest (I am not a computer whiz like some on this Blorum). I also have Google Analytics. This tells me are they first time or repeat and when they were here last (2nd, 3th, 4th, etc and how many days or hours since last visit). Also tells me (usually) the city & state/country but the 2 most important to me are referrer and keywords searched on - and I can click to see where I placed in this search..
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I guess I like it because I am used to it and it is easy to read. Google is almost info overload for a techie ignoramus such as me.
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Yeah with google analytics, the extreme tracker pales in comparison. I never use it anymore. Though folks I know with the paid version really get alot of info. Many of my clients here locally use AWstats which the web hosting company provides. It still is not as comprehensive as Google Analytics though,.I use extremetracking.com. I think it was El or another on the forum who recommended them. I've probably had them about 4 years. They have a free and a paid tracker. Maybe I don't need them anymore with google analytics, etc. , but I've become used to them..
But one must have a clue as to what they are doing to do that. Filters? Goals? DUH!!!!! I could not even figure out how to set it to 31 days.As others have already commented on, Google Analytics (http://www.google.com/analytics/) is a good free option. On most sites it is all I use. There are some paid versions out there (specifically the ones that are aimed at B&B's can be of a bit more help with mroe specific tracking) but to be honest I'd usually recommend putting the money you'd spend on them into another quality directory listing.
A bit of time setting up goals properly in Analytics can be pretty helpful..
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