Managing Free Site Traffic Stats

walrus · 2007-05-13, 04:57 PM

I don't build free sites but....

I've always found the margin of error to great with things like "analytics" and "statcounter" to really draw accurate conclusions from. (The last time I checked they seemed to both be about 30% inaccurate).

If you need statistics not available from awstats or webalizer, I would recommend looking at some programs that can analyze your raw server logs.

Lemmy · 2007-05-13, 05:18 PM

I have awstats on my server, and while it may not be the best stats program, it's plenty 'nuff for me to get the general idea of what's happening and where my traffic is coming from. Frankly I've become a lot less anal about (server) stats and I only tend to check once in a while these days.

2007-05-13, 04:57 PM	#1
walrus Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,773	I don't build free sites but.... I've always found the margin of error to great with things like "analytics" and "statcounter" to really draw accurate conclusions from. (The last time I checked they seemed to both be about 30% inaccurate). If you need statistics not available from awstats or webalizer, I would recommend looking at some programs that can analyze your raw server logs. __________________ Naked Girlfriend Porn TGP free partner account

2007-05-13, 05:18 PM	#2
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