Best traffic tracker?

[Sharon]

Hi all,

I am trying to find the best traffic tracker. I have used Analytics for a while now, but I have learned that they aren't always stable.

I am only looking for free trackers.

Anyone suggest one that is free and really easy to use?

Thanks in advance.

[nevadagal]

You might want to check out statcounter.com. I am currently not using analytics as I had one marketer mention that if you're running a lot of sites through G-analytics and they find one site they don't like they can easily track and shut down all your sites. Google is definitely the double-edged sword.

Lisa, the Nevadagal

[andrysalim]

statcounter.com is good and I use it combined with the old web hosting's awstats for the domain to give a bigger picture of my traffic.

[Sharon]

(10-21-2009 07:10 PM)nevadagal Wrote:  You might want to check out statcounter.com. I am currently not using analytics as I had one marketer mention that if you're running a lot of sites through G-analytics and they find one site they don't like they can easily track and shut down all your sites. Google is definitely the double-edged sword.

Lisa, the Nevadagal

That is exactly one of the reasons I am looking for something else. In fact, I am really trying to get to the point that I only use Google anything if I have to. I have seen G do too many things that are bad for marketers on a whim, with no explanation.

Thanks!

[Vita_Vee]

If you're using wordpress blogs, there's also this excellent plugin:
http://www.wpwp.org/

[jackpinion]

(10-21-2009 09:06 PM)Sharon Wrote:  

(10-21-2009 07:10 PM)nevadagal Wrote:  You might want to check out statcounter.com. I am currently not using analytics as I had one marketer mention that if you're running a lot of sites through G-analytics and they find one site they don't like they can easily track and shut down all your sites. Google is definitely the double-edged sword.

Lisa, the Nevadagal

That is exactly one of the reasons I am looking for something else. In fact, I am really trying to get to the point that I only use Google anything if I have to. I have seen G do too many things that are bad for marketers on a whim, with no explanation.

Thanks!

Not sure if you want to run your own script but I use phpTrafficA:

http://soft.zoneo.net/phpTrafficA/

I've been using it for a few years and I love it... Very extensive tracking. Easy to install and just stick some code in your header.php file if you're using WordPress.

jack

[hyang]

I've heard good things about statscounter...
I use tracking202 at the moment and found it to be quite impressive...

just my 2 cents
yang

[mooster]

I am using tracking202 too. Agree, it is very impressive and free!!

[diggo]

Hello, OP!
I would recommend Piwik (open source). It's a good replacement for GA and you can run it from a shared hosting account without hogging the server. One note though, be careful when setting it up and use secure passwords, then secure the permissions on the server as well.

2c about GA - they can impact your Google ranking negatively because of the bounce rate, especially when you are driving low quality traffic which leaves the website after 1 page. I had proof for myself, not sure if anyone else noticed this.

[Sharon]

When I first started out learning about IM I used Goo Anal. I didn't realize that they were so quirky until I installed a second tracker on one of my older sites.

I have actually seen Piwik, and I can't remember now why it didn't work for me. I loved the structure, but I could not get it to work properly. I am sure it is operator error...lol.

I did find a plug-in called myStat that I put on to see how it worked. Not sure I like the interface. I will try the other plug-in that VV suggests and see how it works.

Thanks for all your suggestions!

[Infinity]

I think I've watched a video that did some testing on the different trackers before, and the results were that no tracker is 100% accurate. They always miss some here and there... Apart from Analytics, you can probably check your traffic from your hosting control panel. I'm using Host Gator, and they seem to be tracking my traffic too and have a stats page for it in the CP. I seldom use it though...

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(10-23-2009 12:01 AM)Vita_Vee Wrote:  If you're using wordpress blogs, there's also this excellent plugin:
http://www.wpwp.org/

Thanks VV!! I'll try it out

[suyvv]

Thanks Vita for the wordpress plugin, it's quite easy to use.

[jpb1958]

Has anyone used Woopra?......is it any good?

[thomas206]

Right now, I've been using http://www.google.com/analytics/ I've been pretty happy with them. I haven't tried anything else, but they are pretty accurate.

[jemsrav]

Best way to track your website traffic daily
Google Analytics
Yahoo! Web Analytics
W3counter
Opentracker
MetaTraffic
These are tools for track website traffic

[Jack]

I use the open source Piwik analytics. It's really cool.

[jemsrav]

Ya I know about Piwik analytics. In Piwik, reports are by default generated in real time. It is installed on your server, the data is stored in your own database and you can get all the statistics using the powerful Piwik analytics.

[daisy172]

Here's another vote for statcounter. The best thing about it is that it also tracks clickouts from your site (useful to know if you are trying to optimise conversions on different products)

[logyko]

Stay away from Google Analytics, Piwik.org is the best of the best!!

[ameliewakelin]

Google analytics is best.