Statcounter.com Vs. Google Analytics - Visitors tracking??

I am trying to add some tracking for my websites. Which one is better? Statcounter.com OR Google Analytics? I have used statcounter.com before and it was OK. Recently, I started using Google analytics - I'm still exploring its features.

WHich one is better??

Thanks

 

I use them both. I like the ease of StatCounter and its graphic representation of traffic. I have found it worth upgrading to the $29/month fee documenting the most recent 25,000 visitors.

Google Analytics shows some additional info that StatCounter does not (and vice versa), so I use them both.

 

I personally won't touch Google Analytics with a 10 foot pole, thats way too much information to let Google have. I also read that it can affect your SERP position depending on bounce rate / average time on it....

 

If you have Adsense installed, Google already has all the needed information about your website.

 

The reason for me to use the google analytics is because I am using the the free adsense tracker. The free adsense click tracker (astrack) works only with google analytics. Currently, the tracker is not working. I still have to figure out why the tracker is not working. I needed both visitor tracking and the adsense tracking.

 

The astrack javascript isn't working on on e of my sites as well--I'm thinking it's the only site I've already upgraded to the newer GA code (the ga.js instead of the old urchin.js), but I can't see anything in the code that would make sense to me as to why that would have broken it. Anyone smarter than my with javascript code have any ideas?

Toonces51

 

well,i have used both and Statcounter.com works better for me

 

Statcounter all the way!

 

+1 for statcounter. I also use statecounter for my website. It is easy to setup and use.

 

I love Analyics. I've used both and google has it down just the way I wanted it.

 

As analytics is owned by G, because of people used to say it's the best,
But through Statcounter i can see from which IP address user had visited my site, which query he used for that,
did there visitor came from referring site.
I will give 70% to statcounter and 30 % to analytics.
Better to use both for tracking your visitors.
or if you would like to go for paid service.
than try
trackyourvisitor.com

 

Hmmm i ve only used google analytics however it seems a lot of you are fighting for stat counter, i might have to go ahead and try it

Will.

 

I use Google analytic & extreme tracking..

 

I use Statcounter, and am very happy with it.

 

Google analytics don't track in realtime. I can see the yesterday's stat today.

 

I use goingup

 

Cool. Thanks. I checked this out. I will signup 1 site and see how it goes. They have a tag cloud tool as well

I have added some sites to Statcounter now. Google analytics does not seem to have all those features. Some SEO experts speak very highly about G analytics and mention it in their ebooks/ books.

 

i think analitics rocks

 

Another vote for statcounter.com

 

I use both. And yes, Google doesn't show real-time tracking..unfortunately