Comments on: 10 Web Analytics Tools For Tracking Your Visitors http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:54:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mosaicteam http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-909175 mosaicteam Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:39:53 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-909175 Take a look at <a href="http://www.clicktale.com" rel="nofollow">clicktale.com</a>. They have some advanced features that I find very helpful in determining not only who is coming to the site, but what they're doing while on the site. The company is based in Israel, and has a free plan that lets you use some of the advanced features. Some of the nicer features include a heatmap which shows which parts of the site are viewed most frequently, mouseover statistics, so you know which objects they are hovering over and for how long, form monitoring, so you can see where visitors are getting hung up on their forms, and more. I've been trying it out for a while, and so far I'm happy. The best feature by the way, is the ability to "record" sessions, so you can actually view what people did on the site, reproducing their experience. Take a look at clicktale.com. They have some advanced features that I find very helpful in determining not only who is coming to the site, but what they’re doing while on the site. The company is based in Israel, and has a free plan that lets you use some of the advanced features.

Some of the nicer features include a heatmap which shows which parts of the site are viewed most frequently, mouseover statistics, so you know which objects they are hovering over and for how long, form monitoring, so you can see where visitors are getting hung up on their forms, and more. I’ve been trying it out for a while, and so far I’m happy. The best feature by the way, is the ability to “record” sessions, so you can actually view what people did on the site, reproducing their experience.

]]> By: Cory Pritchard http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-907791 Cory Pritchard Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:19:15 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-907791 If you are interested in plugin data, have a look at <a href="http://www.statowl.com" rel="nofollow">StatOwl.com</a>. It is the only analytics site that I've seen that has plugin reports and number of other things too that I haven't found anywhere else. Their site currently says that new accounts will not be available until April 15, but you can pre-register now. If you are interested in plugin data, have a look at StatOwl.com. It is the only analytics site that I’ve seen that has plugin reports and number of other things too that I haven’t found anywhere else. Their site currently says that new accounts will not be available until April 15, but you can pre-register now.

]]> By: Tybe-O http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-906133 Tybe-O Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:16:48 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-906133 For PHP projects I've occasionally used <a href="http://bbclone.de/" rel="nofollow">bbclone</a>. Pretty basic but it provides some to-the-point lists. For PHP projects I’ve occasionally used bbclone. Pretty basic but it provides some to-the-point lists.

]]> By: Andrew Ballenthin http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-906086 Andrew Ballenthin Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:54:04 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-906086 I've just skimmed through 6 of the 10 recommended and set-up a number of profiles. Although it's certainly best practice to add tracking code to each page, for a medium-heavy blogger and social networker this is just more work. While far less sophisticated I prefer old school Alexa.com and Quantcast.com that only require entering the URL and results are instant. They only provide macro numbers which are helpful for snapshot analysis. Both have high international usage as do a number of the other 10 recommended. I’ve just skimmed through 6 of the 10 recommended and set-up a number of profiles. Although it’s certainly best practice to add tracking code to each page, for a medium-heavy blogger and social networker this is just more work. While far less sophisticated I prefer old school Alexa.com and Quantcast.com that only require entering the URL and results are instant. They only provide macro numbers which are helpful for snapshot analysis. Both have high international usage as do a number of the other 10 recommended.

]]> By: C00L http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-905703 C00L Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:55:42 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-905703 All these external JS based tracing tools will miss a considerable portion of FF users using blockers (i.e NoScript). Always good to use (J)AWStats or sth that you can install locally (Piwik, Mint..) All these external JS based tracing tools will miss a considerable portion of FF users using blockers (i.e NoScript). Always good to use (J)AWStats or sth that you can install locally (Piwik, Mint..)

]]> By: wampu http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-904926 wampu Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:10:19 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-904926 No etreme tracker ? No etreme tracker ?

]]> By: spt2009 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-904666 spt2009 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:58:45 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-904666 Recently I use WassUp Plugin Recently I use WassUp Plugin

]]> By: mia http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-904629 mia Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:34:14 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-904629 you can also add to the list landing page analysis tool <a href="http://www.pagealizer.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.pagealizer.com</a> you can also add to the list landing page analysis tool http://www.pagealizer.com

]]> By: essexboyracer http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-904583 essexboyracer Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:41:48 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-904583 Whilst we're talking about analysis of log files, what about tools used to analyse corporate firewall log files to find out who has been going on websites or emailing people they shouldn't have? I know that there are attempts to use programs to convert firewall logs into 'fake' apache logs (fwanalog) and if your firewall logs are in a certain format Wentrends can report on them. Has anyone had any experience with this? Whilst we’re talking about analysis of log files, what about tools used to analyse corporate firewall log files to find out who has been going on websites or emailing people they shouldn’t have? I know that there are attempts to use programs to convert firewall logs into ‘fake’ apache logs (fwanalog) and if your firewall logs are in a certain format Wentrends can report on them. Has anyone had any experience with this?

]]> By: Tarh http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/03/26/10-web-analytics-packages-for-tracking-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-904362 Tarh Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:11:18 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=7623#comment-904362 @Dan Grossman: NoScript defeats W3Counter when "web bugs" are disabled, which causes your images in the <noscript> tag to be ignored :-) @Dan Grossman: NoScript defeats W3Counter when “web bugs” are disabled, which causes your images in the <noscript> tag to be ignored :-)

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