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Hey guys i have been using both Google analytics as well as stat counter in checking the traffic figures for my blog.
I observed that stat counter gives innate details about where your blog has been viewed from, for how long and even how many times.
But i have heard a lot of members say that google analytics is the best.
But both dont seem to be giving the same number of stats. Anyone has any idea why ?
That is because their software were designed like that. :wink:
Which site do you use to track your site stats nick.Quote:
Originally Posted by nick_westlife
I see that you have a good blog going which software are you using to track traffic from your blog ?
I have heard this first time i would research on it and give response to this.
what does the google analytic really do? I heard that it would help a website/blog to increase their page ranks as well as also tracking the visitors! I like to know in details about it.
well in my opinion Google Analytics is much better than stats counter. I have used it in many sites and quite satisfied with the results provided by them. :)
google analytic only a stat counter? Then it has nothing o do with website analysis!
i use several codes to track the traffic of my blog,one is feedfit.
Well I am using google analytics, and its working good and fine.
Google Analytic is more Flexible and more good in my eyes, plus it's provided by the most great company i worked with ever :) stats websites are good also, but i prefer the ones which bring traffic to me , not just give me a stats :)
before i used it for some days but i finally gave it up because i cound not understand the datas there.Quote:
Originally Posted by hichamov
maybe it should take a long time to learn about it.
I am using Google analytics. I have never seen any beautiful site similar to this one. Very rich features. I am using it for my website. It gives accurate results with reports and also graphical representation of all reports. You can do anything you like there.Quote:
Originally Posted by ravitejag
I mean you can set target and also check the countries from where you are getting more traffic and also if you want to know the browsers used by all people - you can easily find out.
I prefer to use Google analytics.
I am using Google analytics. I have never seen any beautiful site similar to this one. Very rich features. I am using it for my website. It gives accurate results with reports and also graphical representation of all reports. You can do anything you like there.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiger
I mean you can set target and also check the countries from where you are getting more traffic and also if you want to know the browsers used by all people - you can easily find out.
I prefer to use Google analytics.[/quote]
thanks for your experience.
i dont know if it is available to target the country traffic.
but i know that with feedjit we can do that as well.
yeah, this gives very good result for countries also and I think city also. Try using this tool from Google you will love it.Quote:
Originally Posted by elliotthn05
It has many good features. Graphical representation of all results and traffic. I love this tool..
of course it can target city as well,but if the visitors use proxy then it is hard to know it unless it can privide IP address.Quote:
yeah, this gives very good result for countries also and I think city also. Try using this tool from Google you will love it.
It has many good features. Graphical representation of all results and traffic. I love this tool..
I am not very sure but I think This Google Tool also provide IP address as well. I didn't check carefully all options there. I will check it out and let you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by elliotthn05
Yes Google does provide IP address of the visitors in their stats..
The other feature I love in Google is the goal setting....
thanks for your info about this.Quote:
Originally Posted by moreinfo
would you plz give a link for checking IP in google?
yeah right.. I have also seen this feature but never used it. I think this must be relating to setting goal for the traffic or the coverage of all regions of the world to access the site.Quote:
Originally Posted by moreinfo
How does it work really? Have you used it.. give me your thoughts on this feature this might help many here. thanks!
Yeah I did.. used it to calculate how many people are getting to my downloads page through the 'enter your email and name' script.
This is a nice tool to know which all are the places where a visitor abandon the site.. usually happens when a visitor does not want to enter the required information or the page is too difficult to use.
read more about goal setting in
http://www.online-marketing.ie/artic...-analytics.htm
though it is copied from google help all info is included in a single page
Thanks a lot for posting link. This is really very useful tool for the analysis of the traffic and also setting the goals. I think most of the people will be using this google's tool. I am not sure again how many knows really about such a beautiful tool developed by google for free. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by moreinfo
Both of them are good they provide free services and they give good customized reports also, in my view statcounter is good.
For me Google Analytics is the far more prefered option and as far as stat counter is concerned, it gives only the number of visitors to your site
If you are a beginner, then you can ordinary site counters. Later,when you become curious to know more detailed traffic info about your site, switch to Google analytics. That's the best.
I use feedjit to know the daily stastics exactly, and choose start counter to know the total stastics, such as total pages, visitors, and daily pages. i had never used google analytics.
here is one such site to track Ip address Ip-details.com ..probably some ISP that use proxy server but almost every ISP give your IP address that is allocated to their network.
Usually they cover with some IP ranges some area of city or state. So someone IP trackers will be able to get exactly your location and sometime they will be very close.
Google Analytics is more comprehensive; StatCounter is simply for personal use. GA is a service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about a website's traffic and traffic sources and measures conversions and sales.