Why haven't I seen GoogleBot in my stats?

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by Herbie Hind, Nov 27, 2005.

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    Can someone advise me as to why I don't see GoogleBot visiting my site in my stats report? I am listed in Google, but have never seen where GoogleBot has been by. My site has been up for at least 3 months.
    Could it be that I am using a "free" stat counter?:confused:
     
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  2. themlife

    themlife Peon

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    I have a few stat trackers tracking my traffic. statcounter.com doesnt show googlebot. But the tracker on my server does. googlebot stops by every night for me.
     
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  3. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    What program are you using for traffic analysis?
     
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    Javascript stat counters cant detect spiders.
     
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    sufyaaan Banned

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    Use AWStats for your traffic analysis as it is free and open source. You can download it from http://awstats.sourceforge.net
     
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  6. Herbie Hind

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    Thanks for the help folks.
    I use Statcounter. c o m for my stats.
    I have my website on a server 50webs.com. They don't offer php or cgi (for free accounts). Is there ANY "online stat counter" that would work then?
     
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  7. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Nope... any JavaScript based stat counter is not going to include "users" who don't execute JavaScript code (like search engine spiders).
     
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  8. Herbie Hind

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    Thanks Shawn for the answer.
    Well, I have since switched over to a free web host that uses php and cgi. I see they use "webalizer" when I FTP my site (I see the webalizer folder). It is located in the "tmp" folder. I tried to access it by typing the URL to my site: mysite.com/tmp/webalizer/index.html but I got a 404 error. Do I need to ask the host how I access the webalizer stats or can I find it on my own? Or, being a "free" host, would I even be allowed to view the webalizer stats?
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    I would just ask them...
     
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  10. Herbie Hind

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    Hey folks, take a look at this! :eek:
    GoogleBot DID show up using the java script "statcounter".com
    Here is the report I got (its such a bad website that GoogleBot was the ONLY visitor I have had to the site in months.

    Host Name/Web Page/Referring Link
    magnify this user
    28 Nov 02:41:21 AM
    unknown referer located in United States
    crawl-66-249-72-200.googlebot.com (66.249.72.200)

    Well tell me what you think about this, I am very curious as this website that was crawled I haven't done a thing with in probably 6 months to a year and its only 1 page on a free server.
    The website I would LOVE to see GB visit and am trying everything to make it happen, I get no visits. Any ideas? :confused:
     
    Herbie Hind, Nov 29, 2005 IP