Need actual visitor or hit numbers for a competitors site.

Ok I know all about Alexa....but Alexa does not show actual visitors or hits to a site....it only shows traffic rank and page views....it there a tool/site that will tell me xxx.com got 146k hits last week?

 

No, without actual analytics code inserted into the web page you'll not be able to get this data.

 

HitWise shows the numbers but not actual (from a sample) ...but the subscription is not something a average webmaster can afford

 

most Web servers collect much of this data into log files. By default, a log file for a site is stored in the root directory, and is compiled automatically as visitors pass through a site.

 

you can use google webmaster tool for knowing analytic visitors of u r sites......

 

I know alexa and google trends (for websites) may not be the most accurate tools but I still use them to compare my sites to others. I know actual numbers for my sites and difference in trends can be used to get the numbers for competitor's sites.

 

yes you use google webmaster tool for knowing analytic visitors.

 

Do not know of any program which can do this, alexa maybe best out there for an approx idea.

 

having an extra information is good, it ranks your page....

 

Data that can be used for competitive intelligence is hard to come back. There are various data sources, some are free while others are paid. The data obtained is only going to be estimates unless you have a tracking code embedded into your competitors website (which is highly unlikely). I wrote a newsletter on competitive intelligence about 2 weeks ago. You can find it here for more information:

http://www.kneoteric.com/knowledge-base/newsletters/complete_intelligently.html

Hope this helps.

 

hhmm, i don't know if this is accurate, and i don't think not but well might as well try it though:

http://www.statbrain.com/

 

You might look at quantcast.com to see if any data is there for the site.