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What do you use to track your stats??

Posted by wenfri • 7/09/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogs, Stats, unique hits, visits

Is their any particle program you use to track the stats of your blog?? Like visits, from where, page views, unique hits etc..

Why did you chose that particular one??

Do you use more than one??

If so why??

Do you compare data??

Wendy

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7/09/08

DrowseyMonkey

I mostly use stat counter. www.statcounter.com/

I also have site meter on my blog www.sitemeter.com/default.asp

Originally I put them both on to see which one I liked better, and never got around to deleting one of them. They both give me the same info ... it's just a matter of personal preference. To be honest I don't pay a whole lot of attention to the info they give me ... but sometimes it's interesting to go in and see where your visitors are from, or what weird search terms people use to find your blog.

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1. 7/10/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Yes it is a personal preference.
  
  I like looking at the weird search terms as well. LOL Amazes me how they get there at times.
7/09/08

CrotchetyOldMan

I use sitemeter. I like that.

I also keep track of how many comments use extra letter U in their words, like humour, favour, and such. But that I do on my own, and I'm developing a program for that.

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1. 7/10/08
  
  wenfri
  
  also keep track of how many comments use extra letter U in their words.
  
  Guess that would be me as well LOL Depends on where you come from. In school we were taught to use the extra "U" as you put it.
  
  Hard to decide when you use tags whether to use humour, or humor. Hence, I use both of them. What can I say gotta cover all the bases right??
7/09/08

cooper

I use sitemeter.

I don't pay a whole lot of attention, but to go in once and awhile and see the search terms.

I had "woopra" which was a pain and made my site lag or something, so I removed it, but some people love it - I think if you are a stat freak you might like it.

I also have periodically used "crazy egg", not for some time so I don't know if it is still the same, but you can put a code in your blog and track a week or so and then remove it, and they will give you an analysis of hot spots etc. It is helpful if you have ads and want to know where the people tend to look first and click.

crazyegg.com/

woopra.com

sitemter.com

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1. 7/10/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Never heard of Crazy egg Just may have to check it out to see the hot spots.
  
  I have Woopra as well but I think it is doing the same thing to mine. That is why I looking for another stat tracker.
7/09/08

timethief

I have woopra on my self-hosted wordpress blog but I deactivated it. I use sitemeter and I also have aw stats that comes with my web hosting package. crkian says he uses uses firestats on wordpress blogs.
Free stats counters
firestats.cc/
www.shinystat.com/en
activemeter.com/

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1. 7/10/08
  
  wenfri
  
  I have Woopra too Gives a fair amount of info but sometimes my blog takes a bit to load and I think it is interfering with a few things I try to do.
  
  Firestats hmmm... Going to have look see
  
  Want something that is going give detailed stats.
  
  Aw stats is fairly compehensive as well.
  
  Added Google analytics to give them a try So I can compair details.
7/10/08

wenfri

Dumb question again

What is Bounce Rate???

33.33%

Site Avg: 33.33%

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1. 7/10/08
  
  thebigandyt
  
  it's the percentage of people of stay on your site rather than bounce off somewhere else. Thats a very respectable score
2. 7/10/08
  
  DaneMorgan
  
  Actually, 33% for a blog may be an indication that the blog is not retaining regular readers. A regular reader on a blog is likely to increase the bounce rate by coming in frequently to read the latest post and then moving on. While new readers are more likely to not have read other posts and stick around to read those as well.
3. 7/10/08
  
  weemundo
  
  I use sitemeter and alexa
7/10/08

DaneMorgan

I use a couple of custom PHP scripts in combination with PHPReferrerLib and Google Analytics.

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7/10/08

cheftom

Statcounter

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7/10/08

ThriftShopRomantic

Yup, StatCounter and Google Analytics. Between the two, I feel I have enough data to go on. Love the real time data from Statcounter!

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7/10/08

weblogian

histat on some of my blog

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7/10/08

magnamatt

I love google analytics.
I don't love the honest truth of my low traffic that google analytics shows me.

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7/10/08

basandy

I never understood bounce rate either. My average bounce rate for the last month is 70.70%. Does this mean this is a good figure for my blog?

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7/10/08

wenfri

@thebigandyt
it's the percentage of people of stay on your site rather than bounce off somewhere else. Thats a very respectable score

Ok Cause I really have no idea.

@Dane
Actually, 33% for a blog may be an indication that the blog is not retaining regular readers.

Well sure doesn't have many that is for sure. So help me out and sign up LOL

A regular reader on a blog is likely to increase the bounce rate by coming in frequently to read the latest post and then moving on. While new readers are more likely to not have read other posts and stick around to read those as well

Now that makes sense

Where do you insert those scripts??

@weemundo
What does Alexa do for you???

Quite a varation of what people use.

@magnamatt

Google Anayltics is cruel LOL
3 Visits
3 Absolute Unique Visitors
5 Pageviews

Woopra gave me this
Visits 112
Hits 212

Feedburner this

25 hits in the last 8 and a half hours
18 page views

So why the big differences??

@basandy

No idea why yours is 70.70%?? Perhaps other wise one can respond

Wendy

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7/10/08

aningeniousname

I use apollofind it is very accurate.

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1. 7/10/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Never heard of it
  
  Wow sure got lots of options to check out
7/10/08

Jeunelle

I use the Free version of stat counter.
It works fine for me and the Stats are detailed enough.
I'm sure there maybe better ones out on the market but this is the one I have used for years now.
Also Google Analytics too but I somehow prefer the Stat Counter.

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Yes there are quite a few that use Statcounter.
  
  Just started with Google anyalytics so will have to see how it goes.
7/10/08

ChicaX

Activemeter for all my blogs, even though the free setup can only do two projects at once. I signed up twice. It's been by far the best for me personally.

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Thanks
7/10/08

Listener

I use feedburner.

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Me too but not sure if I like it or not.
  
  Maybe because I don't have that many readers LOL or pageviews (doh)
7/10/08

bloggernoob

awestats and google analytics.

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Yes I use both of them.
  
  Cpanel is still confusing for me but getting better every day. Now I even remember it has an email I need check. (blush)
7/10/08

MVT5150

I use woopra and google analytics. Woopra has a lot of potential but is very frustrating. Was hoping that I could go solo on it and get rid of google but it's not very dependable right now.

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  I am finding Woopra frustrating as well
  
  The stats are way off compared to Awstats, Google and Feedburner
7/10/08

jan4insight

Just recently (July 1) I installed Statcounter and a Feedjit map. It has been totally cool to see where I am getting hits from - India, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, etc. Neato!

I also like being able to see what links brought viewers to my blog. There's been tons from BlogCatalog - thanks, guys - but they also come from unexpected places. For example, someone googled "why are my pansies wilting" and that brought them to a post I wrote a while back about the flowers in my yard!

One drawback to Statcounter is that I can't get it to permanently stop counting my views. It allows me to install a "blocking cookie" and that only seems to work on a one-time basis. When I go back to my blog again, the blocking cookie is gone and I get counted. But I'm not really doing statistics, just getting a general view of who's reading my blog, so it's not a big deal.

I tried google analytics and it really hasn't worked, so I just basically have a dead account. I'd like to get rid of it but I can't figure out how. I've tried editing my Google account (I have gmail, docs, picasa, etc.) and it would only let me delete the whole thing, not piece by piece.

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  I have the same problem with Woopra Counts my views as well
2. 7/12/08
  
  jan4insight
  
  One way around this is - I can label myself (once I figured out which hits were mine) so I can tell when it's counting me. My page hits still show up on the viewer's counter that I have on my sidebar, but I guess it never hurts if people think there's lots of jamming traffic on my blog. LOL.
  
  Another cute thing about Statcounter - it shows me as being in Las Cruces, New Mexico ?!? I'm in Albuquerque - 250 miles away. It's an occupational hazard of being New Mexican I guess; the outside world doesn't get our geography.
7/10/08

bloodnsunshine

Statcounter for a few years now.

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Thanks for sharing
7/10/08

Anniepooh

Sitemeter. I have cpanel but that thing confuses the hell out of me.

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  I agree Cpanel confuses the hell outa me too. So you are not alone.
  
  Someone should do a bang up tutorial on it so we could all learn something. Hint, hint LOL
7/10/08

riverstyxxx

This is really weird and im probably just really crazy, but every time I look at the title in the main listings, it says "What do you use to track your sluts?"

Anyone else getting this?

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1. 7/10/08
  
  Anniepooh
  
  Potty brain.
2. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  ROFLMAO
7/10/08

br3adman

statcounter.com
freeonlineusers.com

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Thanks for commenting
7/11/08

werelax

pmetrics.getclicky.com/

and the stat package plugin from wordpress.org

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Hmmm... another new one I have never heard off
7/11/08

maryse

I use statcounter. It gives the all the details you need to see who's vistited your blog and I find it easier to use than others!

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1. 7/11/08
  
  wenfri
  
  I love easy LOL
7/11/08

Norski

I use WebSTAT ( www.webstat.com/ ) and Google Analytics. I do informal comparisons of the two, but nothing serious. Several years ago, I did a careful comparison of data from counters (which I'd tested/calibrated for accuracy) and from WebSTAT.

I chose WebSTAT because it offered a good balance of low cost and more-than-adequate reports. And, I'd confirmed that it was accurate. I'm using Google Analytics because it's free (barring the data I provide), and it doesn't hurt to have a second source of data.

Thanks for this thread, BTW. I've skimmed it, and hope to be back for a 'read' later.

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7/11/08

wenfri

Do Webstat and Google give you the exact same results??

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7/13/08

Hoeno

We use Ice Rocket Blog tracker. I don't remember who suggested it but it works well. We tried sitemeter but I prefer blog tracker. It's free and you get geolocation, keyword searches, page titles landed on, etc.

~JD

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7/13/08

JunkDrawer

I use Clicky.

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7/13/08

exinco

i use awestats and google analytics regularly

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7/14/08

nannygoats

I use StatCounter. I started using Google Analytics, but either I don't understand it, or it's not telling me anything I want to know.

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7/14/08

bkerensa

I currently utilize:

Google Analytics
Site Meter (Pro)
Going Up (Premium)
Clustr Maps (Premium)
Feedjit
Woopra
AWStats
Webalizer

All of this statistical/analytical systems are enabled and data from each system is compared weekly and a report is generated using all the data. Then on a daily basis I also actively monitor AWStats and Google Analytics and proactively take any actions I need as a result of the data.

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1. 7/14/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Wow that is a lot of control.
  
  What kinda report do you compile with all them??
  
  Interesting
  
  Would love to learn more
7/14/08

curlydesigh

Today.com tracks them for me. They keep them updated every 15 minutes. I can see raw hits vs. unique hits and by entry. I have been trying to add to a tracker myself but can't seem too because Today doesn't allow 3rd party trackers.

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1. 7/14/08
  
  wenfri
  
  Yes I get to see raw hits vs. unique hits and by entry as well with the ones I am using
7/14/08

bkerensa

@wenfri -

I compile a report with all of the statistics and data and get the best averages of unique visitors and page views humanly possible. I generate reports weekly and monthly which are kept for things such as Advertiser Inquiries, Partnerships and Business Relations.

In addition I have to keep extensive records of all ad revenue and report it since my blog is a legally registered business.

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7/14/08

wenfri

Wow that seems alot to do for a business blog. But then again maybe not as it is a register business.

Now you have truly got me curious and have to head out to see what your blog is about. LOL

Ok I was on that blog earlier this morning.

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7/14/08

wehireu

I use sitemeter. It is good enough for me.

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