Website analytics

Check these guys out. Stat Counter. com

They are very good and they are FREE. I use both GA and StatCounter. I think you will feel that StatCounter is very helpfull. I have been with them for about 5 years now.

A free alternative is Piwik Homepage – Analytics – Piwik

Why give Google so much information about your site? Personally I didnt like GA, I find it perhaps too cumbersome.

I have been using GetClicky, it’s free although I use the paid version and it’s money well spent. So easy to use and totally reliable. Definitely recommend it.

I’ll prefer using other services for the same reason AussieDave mentioned.

Also, Seems to be like GA is inaccurate, there are some gaps between what I see on my PPC campaigns to what GA report.

Thanks!

@AussieDave 246464 wrote:

I’m starting to hold questions to trust issues involving Google lately. Maybe I’m paranoid but with GA and their webmaster tools integrations among other things which pin point the sites I own, and the Penguin/Panda etc etc, even though Google say this data is anonymous, I’m wondering if it really is or if “G” is using this against us.

Cheers

Dave

You hit the nail on the head there Dave. We’re not using GA for this exact reason.

I’m starting to hold questions to trust issues involving Google lately. Maybe I’m paranoid but with GA and their webmaster tools integrations among other things which pin point the sites I own, and the Penguin/Panda etc etc, even though Google say this data is anonymous, I’m wondering if it really is or if “G” is using this against us.

Cheers

Dave

@societyofslots 246436 wrote:

Mint: A Fresh Look at your Site is a cheerful little script.. cheap too.. works great.

I dont think google anal-ytics is much good either. I dont think it tracks all hits, it is not in real time, I cant find where u block your own IP.. if that is possible.

I looked into analytics a while back and always meant to have a look at this Open Web Analytics but never got round to it.. It seemed the best one out there in comparrison to GA from what I could gather.

GA is only a few minutes off real time & you can block your own IP > Google Analytics: How to exclude / block your own IP address from reports using a Filter | Catzie.net Blog

If you are using wordpress, there is quite good (basic, but good) analytics in their jet pack addon. Interestingly it reports slightly different numbers to GA

Mint: A Fresh Look at your Site is a cheerful little script.. cheap too.. works great.

I dont think google anal-ytics is much good either. I dont think it tracks all hits, it is not in real time, I cant find where u block your own IP.. if that is possible.

I looked into analytics a while back and always meant to have a look at this Open Web Analytics but never got round to it.. It seemed the best one out there in comparrison to GA from what I could gather.

@AussieDave 250616 wrote:

Is there a php script (sold or gpl) I can install on my server to provide similar stats as GA or Piwik?

Why don’t you use Piwik? Piwik is installed on your own server so nobody else can access your data.

I use Piwik for sites I don’t want Google to track. I have multiple installations on different servers and it always works fine for me.