analytics data differs from server data!

Discussion in 'Google Analytics' started by www.worldofdth.in, May 25, 2011.

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    i am felling that the analytics data provided is different from the awstats of traffic.
    in my site analytics is showing page views 30000 but server awstats showing visitors over 50000 per month.....why..?
     
    www.worldofdth.in, May 25, 2011 IP
  2. aaronnagal

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    Google analytics is based on Cookie based. So you might see the difference when compared with other analytics
     
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    There is going to be some difference betwenn them but google analytics is more trusted then the other.
     
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    Yes my customers often ask why such difference between Awstats and Analytics, they simply don't track the traffic the same way. Awstats is way more accurate IMO.
     
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    I am experiencing the same problem. 3 different tracking apps provide 3 different data. I am not sure which one to believe.
     
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  6. www.worldofdth.in

    www.worldofdth.in Well-Known Member

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    i think awstats is giving more reliable stats of the traffic...isn't it true..?
     
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  7. manish.chauhan

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    Neither analytic mediums is 100% accurate because each is measuring different things.

    For example, Awstats works from the actual server logs and does its best to extract information from that. google is only tracking those of your visitors with JavaScript enabled and so will miss out on around 6-10% of your visitors completely.

    In any case trying to estimate such things as unique visitors when all you have to go on is the IP address (where the same address can be used by many different people and the same person can have different IPs at different times) will give different results depending on exactly how it determines whether multiple page loads are likely to be the same person or not.
     
    manish.chauhan, May 25, 2011 IP