Website Statistics Software

**GuyFromChicago** · #1 Jul 13th 2005, 9:13 am

I'm looking for a web statistics package for newer venture I'm involed in. I need something robust that can provide a high level of traffic/statistical detail for a site (or series of sites) that will receive millions of unique visitors per month. I've been looking at http://www.omniture.com/ so far.

Any suggestions or recomendations?

yfs1 · #2 Jul 13th 2005, 9:14 am

I've always been a huge fan of sawmill.net - they also have the added benefit of excellent customer service

**GuyFromChicago** · #3 Jul 13th 2005, 9:23 am

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Originally Posted by yfs1

I've always been a huge fan of sawmill.net - they also have the added benefit of excellent customer service

I think I saw that being advertised over at seochat. Are you using the software now?

**Crazy_Rob** · #4 Jul 13th 2005, 9:31 am

I've been using Urchin 6 On-Demand since April. It's the best i've seen so far...and it's pretty cheap.

Jaimitodelqueso · #5 Jul 13th 2005, 9:32 am

me too, Urchin is indeed very good

**North Carolina SEO** · #6 Jul 13th 2005, 9:35 am

From a user perspective, I really enjoy SmarterStats Enterprise Edition. It seems to offer a number of options and has been rather durable on the shared servers of crystaltech dot com.

**GuyFromChicago** · #7 Jul 13th 2005, 9:36 am

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Originally Posted by Crazy_Rob

I've been using Urchin 6 On-Demand since April. It's the best i've seen so far...and it's pretty cheap.

Thanks man, I'll check that one out too.

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Originally Posted by Virginia SEO

From a user perspective, I really enjoy SmarterStats Enterprise Edition. It seems to offer a number of options and has been rather durable on the shared servers of crystaltech dot com.

Another that I will add to the list to review. Thanks to you too.

Doublespresso · #8 Jul 16th 2005, 4:23 am

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Originally Posted by Crazy_Rob

I've been using Urchin 6 On-Demand since April. It's the best i've seen so far...and it's pretty cheap.

Is $200/month "pretty cheap"??
...or am I missing something?

I'm also looking for a stats product, has anyone used whoson?
Any feedback?

(my first post!

)

**Crazy_Rob** · #9 Jul 16th 2005, 7:39 am

Hi, Doublespresso- welcome to DP!

I guess "cheap" is a relative term.

It's cheap compared to what it was priced at 6 months ago.

pwaring · #10 Jul 16th 2005, 8:05 am

Webalizer works fairly well for me, although I don't know how well it scales but I do know of a hosting company with 2000+ accounts that uses it to generate stats for each one. It might not have all the features of programs like Urchin but it's got a pretty good price tag.

yfs1 · #11 Jul 16th 2005, 8:11 am

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Originally Posted by GuyFromChicago

I think I saw that being advertised over at seochat. Are you using the software now?

Yes, I've actually used it since the first version. You can Beta test it for them and get a free version. I think I spent about 2 or so hours documenting what I was doing as I tried it and got a free liscence.

Its one of the more robust analyzers and it seems to give more accurate stats compared to some of the others.

**Shoemoney** · #12 Jul 18th 2005, 8:58 am

I really like webalizer and its nice to script out and customize. I wouldnt want the drag of urchin on a huge site i think it would slow it to a crawl.

**GuyFromChicago** · #13 Jul 18th 2005, 9:15 am

I'm going to start evaluating somer packages next week. I'm looking strictly at the reports and reporting capabilities...the IT director is looking at the technical side of things.

I'll update this thread after we've had a chance to run some demos and make some choices.

Thanks for the input so far everyone!

Labcoat88 · #14 Jul 20th 2005, 1:01 pm

Urchin is a nice tool, although $200/mo is indeed "cheap" when you start looking at more sophisticated tools. Products like Omniture start at 10x that cost.

GuyFromChicago - what questions are you looking for analytics to answer about your site?

LC

**GuyFromChicago** · #15 Jul 20th 2005, 1:08 pm

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Originally Posted by Labcoat88

GuyFromChicago - what questions are you looking for analytics to answer about your site?

Still just researching at this point - the site I had in mind when I started this thread is still under development.

In a nutshell, I just want a analytics package that will provide a high level of detail on a site that should in relatively short order have millions of unique visitors per month. It will have the meet the requirements of my IT group as well.

I like Omniture, but wanted to get some other info on other packages for comparison purposes.

**Crazy_Rob** · #16 Jul 20th 2005, 1:17 pm

I've also heard great things about websidestory (HBX).

I saw a demo of it a few years ago and it was pretty impressive.

JonahViaKeyboard · #17 Jul 20th 2005, 1:28 pm

No mention of WebTrends 7? I heard it's supposed to be pretty good but haven't really gotten to check it out. Any opinions?

Google's semi-recent purchase of Urchin is certainly an endorsement.

**GuyFromChicago** · #18 Jul 20th 2005, 1:33 pm

I may look into WebTrends but other here have used it before and indicated it was a resource hog. No real experience with it myself.

Labcoat88 · #19 Jul 20th 2005, 5:16 pm

Are you looking for a logfile-cruncher or page-tag solution?

BobL · #20 Jul 20th 2005, 11:04 pm

Urchin is very good but i normally use www.hitslink.com to get my stats. Very cheap and provides what i want quickly and easily.

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