traffic analyze, google analytics

Hi,

I have two questions here:
1. What traffic anaylzer do you recommend?
2. What do you think about google analystics? Do you recommend that I put code into social network site? Are data from it usable?

thanks

 

G analytics is quite good for general stats purpose.
Try it yourself to see if it fits your needs.

 

I use AWStats, StatCounter, and Google Analytics for free stats and they do well enough. Though I prefer the full paid version of Weblog Expert for most things, if you want to go the paid route that is.

 

I personally prefer StatCounter though your log will be limited to 100 per project.