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onlineebooks

Hello everyone, looking for a little info on web stats.
I am wondering if most of you run your own script or use a third party?
Thanks
jamie
www.onlineebooks.net

Louis

Originally posted by onlineebooks
Hello everyone, looking for a little info on web stats.
I am wondering if most of you run your own script or use a third party?
Thanks
jamie
www.onlineebooks.net

At the moment I've just been using what my hosting company provides which is Webalizer.

To my knowledge, on most servers pretty much all traffic information is recorded. What stats programs do is actually analyse all that and turn it into something that is readable.

You'll find many free scripts at:

http://www.hotscripts.com

And I haven't used it myself yet, but I've heard *very* positive things about:

http://www.websidestory.com/products/professional/

Another similar service is:

http://www.netiq.com/products/wrs/default.asp

rjberard

We use our hosting service web stats. If this is available to you and you are like us (conseving server space) this is a pretty good option. Besides we are novices and are learning as we go.

dpconker

Traffic stats based on your logs can actually be less reliable than third party tracking.

I use http://www.opentracker.net, their pricing is pretty competitive and their range of stats is impressive. What we've learned from the stats in helping us tweak the site and learn where to put ads, etc has more than paid for the subscription.