Which web analytics tool do you use?

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by redorbit, Dec 12, 2006.

  1. #1
    Which web analytics tool do you use for tracking visitors on your page? I want to know exactly on which link on my page user clicked. If i have two link to same site with different anchor text I want to know which is more efficient?!

    thanks
     
    redorbit, Dec 12, 2006 IP
  2. rosiee007

    rosiee007 Notable Member

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    Google Analytics is the best option for it. The Site Overlay tool tells you exactly how many times a link was clicked (provided that it is an internal link)

    For external links, you will have to use some other tracking system, which is different from a web analytics tool.
     
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    sz2006 Guest

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    I use Google Analytics. Stats have a 2-3 hours delay. Anybody knows any tools with a delay in 0.5 hour?
     
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  4. just-4-teens

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    i use awstats. its pretty good and its free.
     
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  5. redorbit

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    Google Analytics doesn't show you exactly which link was clicked on web page. It only shows you how many users followed all links from page A to page B.

    Let's say a have page A and 2 links on that page that point to page B - one with anchor text "link1" and one with "link2". 10 users followed link link 1 and 30 users followed link 2. Google Analytics will only tell me that that page B was accessed 40 times from page A.

    And i want a analytics tool that tells me exactly how many times each link was clicked...link1 = 10, link 2 = 30
     
    redorbit, Dec 12, 2006 IP
  6. just-4-teens

    just-4-teens Peon

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    providing your pages dont use query strings such as
    page.php?index
    page.php?news

    awstats should do you.
     
    just-4-teens, Dec 12, 2006 IP
  7. redorbit

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    i have awstats installed. but i'm now sure where in awstats can I find this data??
     
    redorbit, Dec 12, 2006 IP
  8. Chios

    Chios Well-Known Member

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    @rosiee007
    which analytics do you recommend for tracking external links ?

    I am basically in need to know where do my visitors go after leaving my site and possibly what is their escape route

    Ohh well I think I am going to erase all the external links and then they will stay in my site by force.
     
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    awstats best too for me. But only doesnt show some referral url details.
     
    master06, Dec 14, 2006 IP
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    i think the best for this is Google Analytics . you can see so detailed stats of your site
     
    trichnosis, Dec 14, 2006 IP
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    I've used a bunch so let me try and answer a few of these questions.
    Right now i'm trying out google analytics and that's the only thing I wish they did was track external links. It would be the ultimate if they did, even with the delay.

    For external links use addfreestats.com. It's free and they track external links and even tell you if it was an adsense or other ad out click. Sweet. The only one that does it that I know of. You have to make a sep account for each site if you have a ton, which is a pain. But it's free so what can you say.

    As for real-time stats, sitemeter or statcounter. I like statcounter because you can add as many sites to one account that you want. They're limited though in reports unless you buy an upgrade. However, both seem like almost right on real time.

    Hope that helps
     
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    Thatz not possible.,
    If your site content is good > They will stay or become a member or bookmark it ., But even if you erase the external links, They still have the option to close the site :)
     
    sarathy, Dec 15, 2006 IP
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    there is something called mint stats software but its paid, you can track outgoing links , but unsure if you can do that for each visitor, also it gives you live stats immediate for each and every activity in the site.

    cost is $30/m
     
    forumrating, Dec 15, 2006 IP
  14. davcheong

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    1st option : Google Analytics 2nd would be awstat. If using both to analyse, works great.
     
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    Using both Ganalytics and awstats.
     
    SFOD_D223, Dec 19, 2006 IP
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    Our servers run awstats and webalizer. I personally like awstats.
     
    soniqhost.com, Dec 19, 2006 IP
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    northbeach23 Banned

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    Statcounter is good and also extreme tracking.
     
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  18. void

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    Try appending an extra query string to each link, e.g.
    <a href="nextpage.htm?link=1">First Anchor Text</a>
    <a href="nextpage.htm?link=2">Second Anchor Text</a>
    HTML:
    Google Analytics will identify each as a separate page.

    I use the free version of Statcounter to check live stats (useful for some crude confirmation that the latest tweaks worked), and Google Analytics when doing any serious analysis.
     
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    Mint is $30, not $30 per month.
     
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  20. Chios

    Chios Well-Known Member

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    My analytics don't report the same numbers, maybe I don't know how to interpret them.

    What is the equivalence ?

    My stats for December
    Awstats - GAnalytics
    ----------------------
    Unique
    Visitors = Visits
    2000 ---- 1000

    Page View = Pages
    3500 ------ 1500
    ---------------------------------
    ?

    Shouldn't they be more in sync with each other ?
    I know there is a descrepancy due to the fact GA is javascript based
    But should they be that far off.
     
    Chios, Dec 23, 2006 IP