Adam Oberdorfer — Tue, 26 Jun 2001 18:45:15 +0000

Yup, the statistics are a big selling point for my "webmaster service packages" which include a verity of services and consulting/update hours. Clients love them and they take very little time to generate. Combine them with an uptime monitor and you've got a enterprise level site monitoring service.

taff — Tue, 26 Jun 2001 13:00:32 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Adam Oberdorfer
I also own WebTrends Log Analyzer. If you're a web developer WebTrands is a great software package. It is designed to analyze standard log files from remote servers while running on your desktop. I'm able to run reports on 20-30 sites, format them, and deliver them to clients in Microsoft Word, HTML, and other formats.

Quote: Originally posted by Megan Jack
Yeah, sounds great and all but that $699 price tag is just a tad bit too much for me, to say the least ($700 USD = roughly $1050 Canadian!).

Megan,

Worth every penny! The reports that Adam refers to are an awesome selling point for clients who might otherwise not opt for a maintenance contract. My program paid for itself within a month.. 2 months tops.

The sweet part is that the process described by Adam can be customized and automated, taking mere minutes per client per month.

merlin — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:55:45 +0000

i was looking for a tool for a long time but didn't find any with the tools and features i needed.
now we do it on our own, using an ms-access-db (filtering all the trash out) and publish and make graphs with a managment-information-system.
quite a good way and it gives us all the information we need.

i think there aren't a lot of tools to make good statistics of big dynamic sites?

Jack Michaelson — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 07:25:37 +0000

I don't know cause I only use it since 2 months or so, but I didn't find any inaccurate and inconsistent things (yet?)

mjames — Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:09:15 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Jack Michaelson
I use TheCounter.com, cause I like it!

I used TheCounter.com for a long time before SiteMeter and found it horribly inaccurate and inconsistent. Maybe they have changed?

Jack Michaelson — Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:19:29 +0000

I use TheCounter.com, cause I like it!

webtrends is fantastic

rivimont — Sun, 17 Jun 2001 23:46:28 +0000

Webtrends and hitbox are the best I have seen. Hibox has a great interface, but adding the code to every page is cumbersome and I don'e like the ads. The ad free version is too expensive.

Webtrends provides excellent stats and I have reports generated every month.

P.S. Thanks for adding this SITE TOOLS forum.

~Chris

mjames — Sat, 16 Jun 2001 02:15:03 +0000

I'm pleased to be using SiteMeter. I've used a variety of counters/trackers, and I can confidently say Hitbox stinks. I dislike its horrendously long code and it makes you display ads on your site. SiteMeter is invisible.

Megan — Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:03:49 +0000

Hey, just what I needed - here's an article from Webmonkey about server logs and analysis tools:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/24/index4a_page2.html?tw=e-business

hotcut — Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:11:51 +0000

well... personally I like sitestatz.com they give a lot of good things for free...