StatCounter is the coolest web hit tracker available on the web! I just recently stumbled across it when visiting another blog somewhere in cyberspace (sorry- I don't remember which one). After registering for a free account, and signing up on Saturday, I have to say that I am exceptionally well-pleased. TuCows gave StatCounter 5 cows and Internet Magazine gave StatCounter 5 stars. Colin McGrath, from DSL-Experts.com says this about StatCounter:
Statistics: Plenty of statistics are available to you when you sign up for your free account. The image below shows you the navigation through those stats.
Summary: The first page, and probably the most visited is the summary page. This shows you the recent page loads, unique visitors and returning visitors to your site. This data can be displayed using date filters. The summary statistic can also be downloaded as an Excel worksheet or comma-seperated value document. The free account will only keep track of up to 9,000 page hits per day. If your traffice exceeds this, you will need to pay for an upgrade account.
Popular Pages: This page shows the pages that are the most popular pages on your site. This information can be critical as if you run a commercial site, you can find out what product/service is most visited. This can help you increase traffic, and thus sales. For the free account, only the 100 most recent visitors are kept track of. For the first pay serverice, this is extended to 1,000. In fact, throughout all the stats with the free account, the log is only 100 long.
Visitor Paths: This page can be quite useful for identifying your customer, location, their ISP and how they found you. Again, the free account only allows a log of the most recent 100. For just $9/month, this can be upgraded to 1,000.
Visit Length: This page shows you how long visitors are staying on your page. Again, this can be crucial information for increasing sales. By learning how long people are staying at your page, this will give you sense if people are "grabbed" by your site or not. If selling a product or service, you may want the customer to browse around to learn more information. Then again, you don't wan't your customers staying too long, as this could mean a confusing site with hidden pages and meaningless links.
Recent Pageload Activity: This stat is more or less a very descriptive view of the Summary stats. This stat shows the date the page was viewed, the browser used in viewing the page, the operating system, the screen resolution, where the client is, and of course the page they visited and a referring page if any. The magnifying glass on the left will show what paths these visitors are taking through your website.
Recent Visitor Activity: This page will show the most recent visitor activity. This is very similar to the Recent Pageload Activity, however, being focused on users. Clicking the magnifying glass on the left allows you to view details about that visitor that visited the page.
Country/State (Region)/City/ISP: This is by far the coolest of stats available. You can view the country, state/region, city and ISP of the visitor viewing your page. This can help you know where your clientelle is strong and where you can spend time focusing on other areas.
Browser: This stat is also really cool. Here, I can see the most popular browsers visiting my site. Why would this be important? Because viewing your site in a certain browser might render bugs. Knowing this can help stabilize the traffic to your page.
System Stats: This page will show you the computer operating system, screen resolution and javascript information. Again, this can be helpful when designing pages to make sure you meet every visitor's needs. Beware HTML developers: many users are still browsing the web using a 800x600 screen resolution.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but I find StatCounter incredibly sweet! This is just a sampling of what StatCounter offers. If you have a web page, and you are curious about your page visits, get a StatCounter account and begin finding out!
"I LOVE this service, LOVE IT! I'm so impressed with [StatCounter], you have no idea. I'm a small business and StatCounter.Com is helping me make everyday decisions in real time! I am able to figure out what is working for my new websites and my new business immediately after I implement a change. I can't thank [StatCounter] enough ... "I too LOVE this service! The biggest reason? All the information that StatCounter gives me. I get updated, real-time statistics on the following: Summary, popular pages, entry pages, exit pages, came from, keyword analysis, visitor paths, visit length, returning visits, recent pageload activity, recent visitor activity, country/state/city/ISP, browser, system stats and lookup IP address. And you can get it all free! Below, I post with pictures a majority of the pages and a brief description of each.
Statistics: Plenty of statistics are available to you when you sign up for your free account. The image below shows you the navigation through those stats.
Summary: The first page, and probably the most visited is the summary page. This shows you the recent page loads, unique visitors and returning visitors to your site. This data can be displayed using date filters. The summary statistic can also be downloaded as an Excel worksheet or comma-seperated value document. The free account will only keep track of up to 9,000 page hits per day. If your traffice exceeds this, you will need to pay for an upgrade account.
Popular Pages: This page shows the pages that are the most popular pages on your site. This information can be critical as if you run a commercial site, you can find out what product/service is most visited. This can help you increase traffic, and thus sales. For the free account, only the 100 most recent visitors are kept track of. For the first pay serverice, this is extended to 1,000. In fact, throughout all the stats with the free account, the log is only 100 long.
Visitor Paths: This page can be quite useful for identifying your customer, location, their ISP and how they found you. Again, the free account only allows a log of the most recent 100. For just $9/month, this can be upgraded to 1,000.
Visit Length: This page shows you how long visitors are staying on your page. Again, this can be crucial information for increasing sales. By learning how long people are staying at your page, this will give you sense if people are "grabbed" by your site or not. If selling a product or service, you may want the customer to browse around to learn more information. Then again, you don't wan't your customers staying too long, as this could mean a confusing site with hidden pages and meaningless links.
Recent Pageload Activity: This stat is more or less a very descriptive view of the Summary stats. This stat shows the date the page was viewed, the browser used in viewing the page, the operating system, the screen resolution, where the client is, and of course the page they visited and a referring page if any. The magnifying glass on the left will show what paths these visitors are taking through your website.
Recent Visitor Activity: This page will show the most recent visitor activity. This is very similar to the Recent Pageload Activity, however, being focused on users. Clicking the magnifying glass on the left allows you to view details about that visitor that visited the page.
Country/State (Region)/City/ISP: This is by far the coolest of stats available. You can view the country, state/region, city and ISP of the visitor viewing your page. This can help you know where your clientelle is strong and where you can spend time focusing on other areas.
Browser: This stat is also really cool. Here, I can see the most popular browsers visiting my site. Why would this be important? Because viewing your site in a certain browser might render bugs. Knowing this can help stabilize the traffic to your page.
System Stats: This page will show you the computer operating system, screen resolution and javascript information. Again, this can be helpful when designing pages to make sure you meet every visitor's needs. Beware HTML developers: many users are still browsing the web using a 800x600 screen resolution.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but I find StatCounter incredibly sweet! This is just a sampling of what StatCounter offers. If you have a web page, and you are curious about your page visits, get a StatCounter account and begin finding out!
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