We have just been using webalyzer to measure our traffic. It has become increasingly clear that we do NOT have nearly as much traffic as we thought we did. We're one of the larger teen/college sites, but in the scheme of things, we're small and need to save money desperately. Almost all sites like ours are already out of business. So we have always used the freeware of Webalyzer. But now that it has become clear that the stats we are getting are virtually worthless, we need another solution. Should we purchase Webtrends? What cost efficient solution is out there so that we can finally get a reliable indicator of the number of pageviews we are getting on our site? Thanks!


Jeff Edelman
The Student Center Network
http://www.studentcenter.org
http://www.student.com

Originally posted by studcent
it has become clear that the stats we are getting are virtually worthless... Why do you say are they are 'worthless stats'?

You only mention "number of pageviews" and that's something every free or commercial stat program should accurately show you with ease. If it doesn't, it's probably a configuration issue, not a problem with the program.

If you don't like Webalizer, try Analog. It's also free (and has many 3rd party add ons) and maybe it'll work better for you?

What kind of stats are you looking for?

I personally find awstats to be quite useful and fairly accurate (although not 100%)... you can get it at SourceForge: http://awstats.sourceforge.net