Differences between awstats and webalizer?

Discussion in 'Products & Tools' started by gubak, Jan 22, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi!

    I use both awstats and webalizer for statistic datas of my website. But I am confusing about how many visitors/visits come to my site on a daily basis, because awstats say me about 500 but webalizer shows only 200.

    Here is an example:


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    Please help me which one is correct?

    Thanks
     
    gubak, Jan 22, 2008 IP
  2. isTay

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    I don't know, but when I check, my awstats are different from my webalizer and both are different from google analytics
     
    isTay, Jan 22, 2008 IP
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    Did you notice the large difference in the number of pages in your screenshots ? This is coming from different definitions of "pages" in AWStats and in Webalizer.

    Look at NotPageList in the AWStats config file. This is the list of extensions for hits that are not counted as pages. You can modify it to better meet your needs.

    In Webalizer, look at your PageType setting. This is the list of extensions for hits that are counted as pages. You can also modify it if you like.

    I guess that, in your case, the definition of pages in Webalizer might be limited to .htm, .html and .php, while in AWStats, it could also include .pdf, .txt, .swf and others.

    The difference in number of pages leads to a difference in number of visits.

    Jean-Luc
     
    Jean-Luc, Jan 23, 2008 IP