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View Full Version : Server-wide Traffic Statistics
macgirl 12-07-2005, 02:03 AM Does anyone know of a server-wide statistics program that can compile information from multiple websites or groups of sites into 1 report?
I have a client on a dedicated server that has about 300 sites (so far) and is using Plesk - rather than viewing every site's stats, it would be much easier to gather all the info into 1 (or few) reports. He's looking to use the information for advertising / partnership programs so he needs to post this info on the site as a means to gather more advertisers to sign up.
Grateful for any information you have...
Thanks!:lovewht:
dolay 12-22-2005, 11:50 PM Well, you asked that before me and you didnt get any reply yet so no need me to open a new thread about that insated calling this old thread.
I could yet find a software like Urchin and it is so sad that Google killed Urchin :(
Google, why did you buy it if you are going to not provide it regardless free or paid???
It is really interesting why?
Google Analytics has experienced extremely strong demand, and as a result, we have temporarily limited the number of new signups as we increase capacity. In the meantime, please submit your name and email address and we will notify you as soon as we are ready to add new accounts. Thank you for your patience.
That explanation is ridiculous, what could be mess if it is used by millions or billions. I will tought it is hosted at provider servers if we didnt used urchin before, huh!
macgirl 12-23-2005, 12:48 PM Even if Urchin stats were available, it's still not what I was asking about though.
Doesn't look like what I'm asking about is even available... A tracking system that can report on say, 300 URL's as a combined analysis of hits, page views, referrers, and all the other goodies. My client has about 300 URLs that he'd like to break up into groups, such as a group of 25 for instance, and combine the traffic report into 1 analysis. I still have yet to find any software that does this though. I am starting to think that these large corporations with hundreds of url's are actually tracking each one separately? That sounds insane, but I don't know of any solutions available.
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?
dolay 12-23-2005, 04:44 PM Even if Urchin stats were available, it's still not what I was asking about though.
Doesn't look like what I'm asking about is even available... A tracking system that can report on say, 300 URL's as a combined analysis of hits, page views, referrers, and all the other goodies. My client has about 300 URLs that he'd like to break up into groups, such as a group of 25 for instance, and combine the traffic report into 1 analysis. I still have yet to find any software that does this though. I am starting to think that these large corporations with hundreds of url's are actually tracking each one separately? That sounds insane, but I don't know of any solutions available.
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?
If all of those URLs hosted within same server then yes Urchin does. Urchin shows also server-wide statistics.
macgirl 01-02-2006, 02:12 AM But how do you get Urchin??? I can't find anything except reference to google buying it and now you can't even use it I guess ?
Thanks for posting :)
dolay 01-02-2006, 02:28 AM The owner of dead name urchin is Google and named as Google Analystic and somehow Google suspent the new signups i think for the last 3-5 months and I am curious about that too why google doesnt accept any new signups?
macgirl 01-02-2006, 02:31 AM Yes, unless they are planning to integrate it into some sort of package later that they can charge for - knowing them some sort of monthly fee!
I tried to sign up too...
If there's no more urchin, I am guessing there's nothing else like it then?
dolay 01-02-2006, 02:46 AM There are other serverwide statistics like awstats but yes there is not an advanced server statistics software like urchin.
The_Unknown 01-02-2006, 07:19 AM I think you will like "cacti". www . cacti . net
dolay 01-02-2006, 07:38 AM I think you will like "cacti". www . cacti . net
Is it counting refferers well?
Awstat is also an awesome server-wide analystic software but not counting well when the sites get busy.
The_Unknown 01-02-2006, 07:41 AM Is it counting refferers well?
Awstat şs also an awesome server-wide analystic software but not counting well when the sites get busy.
Cacti is not meant specific for webhosting. You can just graph about anything with it. When I read this all again I think it doesn't help you, but theoretically, you can do what you want with it by writing a custom script (perl/php whatever) for it. Cacti can put a lot of things in one graph. With iptables you would be able to monitor your complete server bandwidth. Or try SNMP for more. Maybe a graph of CPU usage and system load?
But you want it more for webserver things I think :)
dolay 01-02-2006, 08:04 AM Yes it had to be a perfect serverwide logs of and analyze of traffics.
And it must be also be able to used by site hosting admins.
Preferably integrated with cPanel.
I check on Urchin periodically and I was surprised to see the free Google Analytics announcement. Well, not that surprised. But do we really need Google Everything?
phpMyVisites (http://www.phpmyvisites.net/) has just released version 2.0. You can put any number of sites into the same interface, even from dozens of different virtualhosts on other servers. Like most modern tracking systems, you insert some JavaScript and a transparent GIF on your pages; no logfile access is needed.
Documentation is a little on the light side right now, unless you can read French. And there are some minor issues, but I'm sure the developers will be keen to work them out if you submit a bug report. The backend code is very modular and the database schema is sound, so there's a great foundation for the project's future in this 2.0 release. The installer is super slick.
This version also adds redirect tracking, which would let you track ad clickthroughs. I've just set it up for some file downloads.
You can also create arbitrary groups and categories of pages; they don't need to match your file structure. Also supported are newsletter and partner referrals.
I'd certainly encourage folks to check out www.phpmyvisites.net and support this open source project.
kub365 01-05-2006, 08:02 PM This is a great free software to use for generating custom reports:
it's called Visitors and found at ( h p i n g dot org ) . . if you want the URL, you're gonna have to PM me, cuz i can't paste URLs until 5 posts.
There is a window's version and a linux version.
Allows you to combine logs and extract data that only you want.
dolay 01-05-2006, 08:10 PM there is nothing on that page
nakediron 01-05-2006, 08:30 PM Google appears to be keeping the software version of Urchin alive; I've even read about version 6 coming this year. There's not very much information about it on the "Google Analytics" site, but if you look under Features you'll see a link to "Urchin Software." I believe you have to buy it from a reseller now.
I've been using Urchin 4 for several years. Although Webalizer and AWStat are great, free programs their interfaces are pretty bad. Urchin has nailed the interface and user-friendliness; I've never found anything that comes close to it.
Other than Plesk, it's the only closed-source software I use in my hosting business. And, *yes* it will do what you want it to do by providing a site-wide overview of all the domains you're hosting (they don't even have to be on the same machine).
The only bummer is that it's kinda pricey, especially for small businesses like mine. The current version (5) runs about $900, and that only provides you with the first 100 domains. It's another $695 for each additional 100 pack.
thewebhostingdir 01-15-2006, 07:16 AM Hi,
I would recommend you to go for http://www.freecounterandstats.com. I am right now tracking my 6 websites in a single interface. They also provide facility to track sales, how customer navigates your page before they signup, etc..
You can mange hundreds of website in a single interface.
Unless you want to display an ad banner, that service isn't free, and you have no control over your data. Also, the tracking cookies will always be third-party, which some people block due to privacy concerns.
thewebhostingdir 01-15-2006, 02:16 PM I don't agree with this.
1. You can always have invisible hit counter.
2. Daily backup facility to download your stats in excel format.
3. It is basically just an image tag that you need to put on your website. I don't think images are blocked due to privacy concern.
dolay 01-15-2006, 09:12 PM I don't agree with this.
1. You can always have invisible hit counter.
2. Daily backup facility to download your stats in excel format.
3. It is basically just an image tag that you need to put on your website. I don't think images are blocked due to privacy concern.
We are looking for server wide installed analystic software not hit counters!
Like awstats, analog, webalizer... but with same quality of urchin
manix 03-23-2006, 06:54 AM One way to do it is to merge the logs you want to combine. There is a free *nix program mergelog (dot) sourceforge (dot) net and then run an program like webalizer on the merged log.
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