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What stats system do you use?

Posted by Kiwipulse • 2 years ago • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS]

Hi, I was looking for a good stats system this morning, I have a lot of choices. I'm using the self-hosted script by wordpress. Do you have any plugin to suggest?

I'm looking for a good one that I can track everything about my visitors. Where they come from, what they read, how long...etc

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8/09/07

Norski

WebSTAT, for years. Pretty good service, not insanely expensive.
Very recently, Google Analytics. GA still hasn't reported traffic at one of my blogs, and I haven't figured out why.

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8/09/07

bnsullivan

Since I began using Google Analytics (on all my blogs, plus my static website) I have almost stopped looking at anything else. The more I 'drill down' into GA, the more useful info I'm getting from it.

The only other thing I use these days are the stats that come with AddThis.com, which show number of feed subscriptions and which pages have been submitted to which social bookmarking sites.

Oh yeah, and the dailies on MyBlogLog are kinda interesting.

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8/09/07

jungl

Statcounter, google analytics and mybloglog.

Big fan of statcounter because it is real time.

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8/09/07

selosmini

I use Statscounter- and I love it. I don't even have anything else on my blog. It's so user friendly, and has a lot of detail.
Good luck! -Marie

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8/09/07

crpitt

Clicky, sitemeter and just recently as in yesterday Google analytics

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8/09/07

scorpy01

Statcounter, Sitemeter, for some basic stuff on a daily basis.

For once a week analysis, AWstats. Love it.

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8/09/07

sanktjohanser

i third - or rather fourth Statcounter. If you don't mind paying a little Mint I've found is the best in my opinion.
www.haveamint.com/

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8/09/07

temporarilyd

i use statcounter as well.
i just need the basics.

check it out.

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8/09/07

awannabe

mybloglog is pretty good

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8/09/07

clioandme

SiteMeter and Google Analytics.

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8/09/07

neoauteur

I use Statcounter. It works well.

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8/09/07

hinioman

I highly recommend statcounter. And free a/c in mybloglog show you where the ad clicks come from. Together, they work out very well for me in understanding my audience and traffic source.

I will blog more how I use it, this is only a small post for introduction
techtheman.blogspot.com/2007/07/statcounter-summary.html

And I celebrate with statcounter team when they get the award from BusinessWeek
techtheman.blogspot.com/2007/07/statcounter-highly-recommended.html

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8/09/07

anujseth

AWStats & Google Analytics.

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8/09/07

jrgarralda

SiteMeter and Google Analytics.

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8/09/07

alappuzhakaran

Stat counter for inside-n-outside.blogspot.com and occationally a simple site called extremetracking.com.

Kiwi, i recommend stat counter with this extreme tracking for the best results...!

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8/09/07

Kiwipulse

Thanks guys, after testing google analytics ( which seem not working that well ). Im using now Statcounter that I like very much! I cant expect more, plus it's free

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8/10/07

Sefiant

I Use Clicky!!! Its great, check their site to get a comparison of all the Top Site Stats service available on the internet with Clicky! Please find the link to the clicky site (scroll down and its on the sidebar) from by viewing my webpage:

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You can publish your stories on my site if you want.

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1. 8/10/07
  
  Kiwipulse
  
  I try their demo, I like the design, but what about the performance? I tried the statcounter, well some of the option is not available, like to know the outgoing for example. I will definitely try this one!
  
  "We are not currently accepting web sites that receive more than 10,000 page views per day. We are adding more hardware, please check back with us soon if this restriction applies to you."
  
  That's a problem! I will wait then
8/10/07

jphillips

Performancing Metrics (same a getclicky)

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8/10/07

BrownBaron

I use Google Analytics and Reinvigorate.

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8/10/07

am208

Google Analytics for me...

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8/10/07

morinn

sitemeter for single visits and referrals

statcounter for hits

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8/10/07

daisythecurlycat

I am using Performancing Metrics too.

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8/10/07

Dan33185

StatCounter, it just works

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8/10/07

alanzPL

I'm using google analytics, but everyone is saying that statcounter is real good so I might give it a try, as well.

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8/10/07

komirad

This is the best I have seen: getclicky.com/11541
Easy, free and clean, just check out the demo!

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8/10/07

tenanimalsdrool

sitemeter and neoworx free version

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8/10/07

GFG

Sitemeter 0--->> fishios.blogspot.com

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8/10/07

terrymundo

Ah. Google Analytics - awstats and Webalizer which are installed on my server. I'm completely fine with those. I don't want to add anymore scripts to my site.

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8/12/07

PetPortraitArtist

I have awstats and webalizer on my server as well. I have just signed up for google analytics, but have a question someone might be able to anser - do I need to install the code on every page on my site that I want tracked, or just the main page? My blog is on my domain (www.pencilportraits.com.au/blog), and I want to track my blog stats as well as the rest of the pages on the domain.

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8/12/07

shaydelgado

am using sitemeter & google analytics but I frequent sitemeter all the time...

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8/13/07

ghostytwofish

Aye, SiteMeter and Google Analytics. I hit SM whenever I feel like it, and the Google once a month.

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8/13/07

JayNeely

I love Feedburner's Site Stats. Updated hourly, almost all the info I need, and I can see my subcriber numbers at the same time.

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8/13/07

lupideloop

I'm trying out this SiteMeter (www.sitemeter.com) for my blog... but I have Google Analytics on a Discussion Board I take care of and it seems to work great there!

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8/13/07

akishore

I use Google Analytics and 103 bees! I like the latter because it gives you lists of questions that people typed in to get to your site!

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8/13/07

Sefiant

GetClicky has all of the features everyone on this discussion is referring. Just have a look at their comparison table!

getclicky.com/11303

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8/13/07

ilovethatrecipe

My application i use to track my stat is awstats.

Google Analytic is also good

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8/13/07

bromoluz

Google Analytics, Geo Counter and Stat Counter

bromohv.blogspot.com

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8/13/07

ladynada

I use sitemeter, and histats.com, but yesterday I signed up for
pmetrics.performancing.com/ and they seem to be better than all of them... such detail, I am on the free trial right now, then it might 20 bux for one year for 3 sites of data up to... I think its 5000 hits a day.. I think...

I also have google analytics but I am finding that boring to look at.

I like histats the most, because it opens a new window in a tab when you click on what the user was searching..

I like sitemeter too.

looks like I will upgrade to premium on Performancing Metrics Blog Statistics.. if you wana give me a boost, click on their logo on my side bar it says metrics live stats for your blog

nada

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1. 8/14/07
  
  Sefiant
  
  That sounds almost identical to what Clicky offers...
8/14/07

Sefiant

OMG!!!

pmetrics.performancing.com/

and

getclicky.com/

ARE EXACTLY THE SAME!

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1. 8/14/07
  
  ladynada
  
  uh oh! does getclicky charge for premium service?
  thanks,
  nada
2. 8/14/07
  
  Sefiant
  
  you mean the pro service? yes they do $49.99 per year or $5.99 per month.
  
  just recently found that both are from the same publisher: sean
  
  (or something like that)
8/14/07

Sefiant

LOL, I should have read the previous posts... my bad

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8/17/07

anujseth

This lovely discussion turned out to be a topic for my latest blog article:
onlinepresence.blogsailor.com/2007/08/17/analytics-for-your-blog/

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8/17/07

agetromary

Feedburner's stats. You can see number of readers, but even their OS and what browser they use.

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1. 8/17/07
  
  Sefiant
  
  exactly like Clicky ( getclicky.com/11303 ) get the comparison here: getclicky.com/#theotherguys
8/17/07

EndohT

I see the four different options of Statcounter Code... any one of them will be able to track? Even if it's only the button?

And for the other code, which file should I insert the codes? stylesheet?

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1. 8/17/07
  
  jungl
  
  The button only will not work for tracking.
  I put the code in my footer.
2. 8/17/07
  
  EndohT
  
  I finally managed to fix just the button in the footer a couple hours ago like you suggested. I just checked my stats... it's working too.
8/17/07

n8

I use Awstats and Google Analytics. Seems to be a pretty good combo.

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8/17/07

BeckyS

I'm the same as n8. AwStats sometimes reports higher numbers than that of Google Analytics.

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8/17/07

Nesmuth

Google Analytics

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8/17/07

nanciesweb

Statcounter, for the most part. Blogexplosion has their statistics meter, but it's only handy for those who visit from blogexplosion.

I do like Statcounter, I can see where people are coming from.

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8/17/07

Parabunny

Statcounter. I used to have sitemeter, but switched because sitemeter is apparently into spying. (References: michaelsync.net/2007/04/11/things-you-should-know-before-using-sitemeter/)

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8/17/07

cdwrites

I use VisiStat.com; love their reports, especially the custom referral links, live page report and statcaster, so I can watch the traffic to my blogs on my desktop. Pretty cool!

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8/17/07

macewan

Google Analytics

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10/16/07

windyridge

Eweb counter and Google Analaytics

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10/16/07

brigid

Google Analytics and StatCounter.

Some really useful stuff at both, but does anyone have any idea what "bounce back" means at GA?

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1. 10/16/07
  
  Genek
  
  Hi brigid. I checked GA support and this is an excerpt from there. I think this is the answer you are looking for.
  ****************
  Bounce Rate: Bounce rate is the percentage of single-page visits (i.e. visits in which the person left your site from the entrance page). Bounce rate is a measure of visit quality and a high bounce rate generally indicates that site entrance (landing) pages aren't relevant to your visitors. You can minimize Bounce Rates by tailoring landing pages to each keyword and ad that you run. Landing pages should provide the information and services that were promised in the ad copy.
2. 10/16/07
  
  brigid
  
  Ohhh.
  
  Of course, a blog is usually just one page, so the entrance is usually also the exit page.
10/16/07

Genek

Great stuff here. I've been trying to figure out which stat service to use. I signed up for GA and bookmarked SC. GA looks good so far.

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10/16/07

butterflymedia

I use Trafic.ro and Google Analytics for my blog.

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10/16/07

voodooKobra

Google Analytics.

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10/17/07

lalatenews

Hi Kiwi -

You really need to use several. Wordpress is not that accurate for totals. It's good to show you how the day is going but for totals, its a waste. Stats counter, whatever your hosting company provides (webequalizer), your add companies impression reports, Alexa site ranking (we did a 33,000 over the weekend, and doing a 50,000 this week).

We watch about 1/2 dozen services per day.

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10/17/07

kickingback77

Statcounter - rock on

www.engagementringquestions.com

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10/17/07

iriegal

I use Statcounter- I love it

and Google as well.

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1. 4/21/08
  
  brigid
  
  Me too! They're both pretty great and give good detail. ^_^
12/16/07

bittertruth

google analytics(no offence, google team) is bit complex and overwhelming. I've been using statcounter, it's user friendly and it serves all our needs.

Kiwi, you can make your counter hidden too. if you didn't know that.. just in case, you know?

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12/16/07

bloggingmix

I'm using fire stat.

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1/23/08

berryliciousme

I stick to GA

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1/23/08

Daldianus

Sitemeter until now but I'm checking out Google Analytics

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1/23/08

dzrbenson

Awstats, Webalizer and WassUP

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4/21/08

windyridge

I use ewebcounter and Google Analytics. eWebcounter's quick and Google is a lot more involved.

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4/21/08

creative666

reinvigorate.net it's in Beta at the moment and you have to wait to be activated as user, but it's the best I have ever used!

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9/27/08

choiocampo

I am using Stats Counter Before but I think it is not accurate and it also includes my IP on the Stats so I switch into Google Analytics..

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9/27/08

kirat92

statcounter

kirat92.blogspot.com

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9/28/08

shawnlim

I personally use StatCounter.
It is a very reliable tool and have a lot of professional features.
You should really check it out.

Shawn
www.TheMillionaireSecrets.net

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9/28/08

dosox

1.Google Analytics;
2. Sitemeter,
3. Feedburner stats,
4. Mybloglog

Using all the four stats can be really useful.
I am using all the four.

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9/29/08

AngelaConnor

Great advice! I am now a Statcounter user, thanks to this thread. Great detail. I've used Google Analytics up until now so I will compare the two this entire week.

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9/29/08

Xight

Statcounter is fast and nice.
Analytics is fairly detailed, and doesn't have a limit on how many visitors you have.
And Feedburner I use basically to keep track of subscribers, and outgoing clicks.

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9/29/08

bladeaxe4

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Site Meter Can Provide the Answers!
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Site Meter's comprehensive real time website tracking and counter tools give you instant access to vital information and data about your sites audience. With our detailed reporting you'll have a clear picture of who is visiting your site, how they found you, where they came from, what interests them and much more.

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9/29/08

kaguvkov

Mypagerank.net

It takes all what you want!

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9/30/08

kickdrum

I like Sitemeter.com and Google Analytics. But, I have had some problems with GA in the past, none with SM at all.

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9/30/08

sellytapgirl

Always Statcounter. I sort of love it

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10/01/08

josephgelb

aw stats

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11/05/08

butterflymedia

Trafic.ro, Google Analytics and Butterfly Trafic.

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11/05/08

creemos

Woopra at woopra.com Simply the best I have EVER seen (since 1997)

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