Trying to find the easiest web statistics.

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I have a curiosity. Which web statistics is easier?
Like so far I know GA set-up is not so easy. A new person who has not enough knowledge on web statistics, He/She will not set-up GA easily. For that reason I want to know the easiest web statistics company. I have already tried to find the best one. And I got two.

1. StatCounter
2. GoStats

But GoStats is easier then StatCounter.
This is only my thinking. If you have something new and special then please tell me.
Or If you have any objection then let me know. Because I have to clarify that which one is easier.
#gostats #statcounter #web statistics
  • Profile picture of the author nayemseo
    Hello, anybody here?
    I didn't get any response
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  • Profile picture of the author Andreas Quintana
    Hi,

    every web statistics tool will require some kind of setup. I have personally never been a friend of Google Analytics so much.

    About a year ago I discovered Piwik. It's a free, self-hosted web analytics tool that I find quite easy to install. You can check it out here: Free Web Analytics Software

    You will need to place some code on your pages, as with every other tool, but I find it easy and straight forward to use. It also gives you very accurate data and all the stats you need. It also includes a tool for tracking clicks to your links and a couple more neat features.

    You can try out the demo on their site to see if its for you. Let me know if you liked it
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    • Profile picture of the author nayemseo
      Originally Posted by Andreas Quintana View Post

      Hi,

      every web statistics tool will require some kind of setup. I have personally never been a friend of Google Analytics so much.

      About a year ago I discovered Piwik. It's a free, self-hosted web analytics tool that I find quite easy to install. You can check it out here: Free Web Analytics Software

      You will need to place some code on your pages, as with every other tool, but I find it easy and straight forward to use. It also gives you very accurate data and all the stats you need. It also includes a tool for tracking clicks to your links and a couple more neat features.

      You can try out the demo on their site to see if its for you. Let me know if you liked it
      That means you suggested me to use Piwik.
      Ok let me do some analysis then I will let you know.
      But If you know something about GoStats then tell me the advantage or disadvantage on both two.
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  • Profile picture of the author Adie
    I am using addfreestats.com and is the best so far with a minimum of 6 minutes update.... and its free.
    here's the interface...



    I am using Google Analytics for reference only especially if I plan to sell the site in the future.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    I have been using StatCounter for years now and am very happy with them.
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    • Profile picture of the author nayemseo
      Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

      I have been using StatCounter for years now and am very happy with them.
      Yeah, I appreciate with you. StatCounter is really awesome.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashinpro
    Hi

    AWStats: AWStats is probably one of the few good ones that don’t require client side script installation. It’s installed on the server side and provides comprehensive logs of traffics accessing particular websites. It’s free and if your web host doesn’t have, request them to install.

    StatsCounter: StatCounter is widely used among most tech non-savvy web owners. It gives real time statistics of your web traffic but the drawback of it is, you will need to pay if your traffics exceed 1,500,000 pagviews a month. Well, if you have that much of traffic you wouldn’t mind paying to continue.

    SiteMeter: SiteMeter is another very popular traffic tracking provider. It’s used by a lot of notable websites such as lifehacker, read/write web, gawker, gizmodo, kotaku, etc. And like StatsCounter provides 2 different charges of services; the free and the paid premium. Free services get all basic statistics a webmaster could possibly need but in case you want more comprehensive analysis on your traffics, you will need to get the premium account.

    Google Analytics: This is perhaps the most commonly used and most famous web traffic tractor every build. It’s free with functions I’ll take me pages to describe. Google Analytics gives very accurate statistics on not only traffics but also keep track of almost everything a cookie can store (browsers, type of OS, plugins installed, etc) on each unique visitors. It is also used to keep track of Google Adwords performance. And with the new look recently upgraded, it’s certainly better in terms user friendliness and navigation.

    FeedBurner: What makes Feedburner different from the rest is that it keeps track of traffic coming from feed readers. Feedburner users can show off how many people are currently subscribing to them by displaying a chiklet on websites. Feedburner’s FAN is also the only traffic counter that offers publishers to make a profit from their traffic. With the recent acquisition of Feedburner by Google, it could have just helped Google to strengthen their domination on traffic counter. Google AdSense on Feedburner is what many AdSense publishers looking forward to see after this acquisition.

    103Bees: 103bees started off earlier this year but already gain much reputation because they are one among few that concentrates on search engine traffic analyzation. It is one of my favorite tool to measure and check my daily traffic.

    Performancing Metrics: Performancing gives you real time readings of your web traffics however if you want to use it for free for long run, your pageviews/day must not exceed 1000. Upon sign up, Performancing gives you 21days full premium access, after that you will have to pay ($2/month) to continue. If you have high traffic, try using Performancing metrics. If your traffics are among the Top 20, you will earn yourself a PR7 link back from Performancing.com main page.

    Reinvigorate: ReInvigorate has nice interface design with traffic charts nicely placed. It makes charts very understandable, very easy for comparison and analysis. However, it’s currently a beta and only available through invitations. Send in a e-mail and let’s hope they will send you an invitation to try it out.

    Spotplex: Spotplex shows you not only real time traffic stats, but also how you rank among bloggers of your niche that use Spotplex plugin. Head over to Spotplex website to check the most popular articles of the day, most popular within specific niche or your Spotplex rank today.

    Automattic Statistics For WordPress:
    Automattic Statistics calculates your traffic within WordPress. However Automattic Statistics resides on WordPress.com’s Dashboard. After installing the plugin, there will be an extra button call Blog Stats that will lead you to your statistics in WordPress.com.

    OneStats: By putting one small OneStats banner on your website, you not only get to see your web traffic but also get to compete against websites from your country in the OneStats chart. OneStats chart is a very good place to gain publicity and its monitor by many webmasters. It’s ranked based on pageviews so it’s a bit unfair as forums and photo albums have a higher pageview rate.

    MyBlogLog: MyBlogLog stats shows you where your visitors come from, what they read and where they go, but the most interesting thing about MBL is, it includes the statistics of Google AdSense clicked and their sizes.

    CrazyEgg: CrazyEgg tells you where in your page people are likely to click and the most interesting part is, it gives you a heat map display. Install and test it out yourself.
    I hope that helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author usemyteam
      Originally Posted by cashinpro View Post

      Hi

      AWStats: AWStats is probably one of the few good ones that don't require client side script installation. It's installed on the server side and provides comprehensive logs of traffics accessing particular websites. It's free and if your web host doesn't have, request them to install.

      StatsCounter: StatCounter is widely used among most tech non-savvy web owners. It gives real time statistics of your web traffic but the drawback of it is, you will need to pay if your traffics exceed 1,500,000 pagviews a month. Well, if you have that much of traffic you wouldn't mind paying to continue.

      SiteMeter: SiteMeter is another very popular traffic tracking provider. It's used by a lot of notable websites such as lifehacker, read/write web, gawker, gizmodo, kotaku, etc. And like StatsCounter provides 2 different charges of services; the free and the paid premium. Free services get all basic statistics a webmaster could possibly need but in case you want more comprehensive analysis on your traffics, you will need to get the premium account.

      Google Analytics: This is perhaps the most commonly used and most famous web traffic tractor every build. It's free with functions I'll take me pages to describe. Google Analytics gives very accurate statistics on not only traffics but also keep track of almost everything a cookie can store (browsers, type of OS, plugins installed, etc) on each unique visitors. It is also used to keep track of Google Adwords performance. And with the new look recently upgraded, it's certainly better in terms user friendliness and navigation.

      FeedBurner: What makes Feedburner different from the rest is that it keeps track of traffic coming from feed readers. Feedburner users can show off how many people are currently subscribing to them by displaying a chiklet on websites. Feedburner's FAN is also the only traffic counter that offers publishers to make a profit from their traffic. With the recent acquisition of Feedburner by Google, it could have just helped Google to strengthen their domination on traffic counter. Google AdSense on Feedburner is what many AdSense publishers looking forward to see after this acquisition.

      103Bees: 103bees started off earlier this year but already gain much reputation because they are one among few that concentrates on search engine traffic analyzation. It is one of my favorite tool to measure and check my daily traffic.

      Performancing Metrics: Performancing gives you real time readings of your web traffics however if you want to use it for free for long run, your pageviews/day must not exceed 1000. Upon sign up, Performancing gives you 21days full premium access, after that you will have to pay ($2/month) to continue. If you have high traffic, try using Performancing metrics. If your traffics are among the Top 20, you will earn yourself a PR7 link back from Performancing.com main page.

      Reinvigorate: ReInvigorate has nice interface design with traffic charts nicely placed. It makes charts very understandable, very easy for comparison and analysis. However, it's currently a beta and only available through invitations. Send in a e-mail and let's hope they will send you an invitation to try it out.

      Spotplex: Spotplex shows you not only real time traffic stats, but also how you rank among bloggers of your niche that use Spotplex plugin. Head over to Spotplex website to check the most popular articles of the day, most popular within specific niche or your Spotplex rank today.

      Automattic Statistics For WordPress:
      Automattic Statistics calculates your traffic within WordPress. However Automattic Statistics resides on WordPress.com's Dashboard. After installing the plugin, there will be an extra button call Blog Stats that will lead you to your statistics in WordPress.com.

      OneStats: By putting one small OneStats banner on your website, you not only get to see your web traffic but also get to compete against websites from your country in the OneStats chart. OneStats chart is a very good place to gain publicity and its monitor by many webmasters. It's ranked based on pageviews so it's a bit unfair as forums and photo albums have a higher pageview rate.

      MyBlogLog: MyBlogLog stats shows you where your visitors come from, what they read and where they go, but the most interesting thing about MBL is, it includes the statistics of Google AdSense clicked and their sizes.

      CrazyEgg: CrazyEgg tells you where in your page people are likely to click and the most interesting part is, it gives you a heat map display. Install and test it out yourself.
      I hope that helps.
      Thank you for this. It is very informative. If I can put a SUPER LIKE button, I would.
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    • Profile picture of the author nayemseo
      Originally Posted by cashinpro View Post

      Hi

      AWStats: AWStats is probably one of the few good ones that don't require client side script installation. It's installed on the server side and provides comprehensive logs of traffics accessing particular websites. It's free and if your web host doesn't have, request them to install.

      StatsCounter: StatCounter is widely used among most tech non-savvy web owners. It gives real time statistics of your web traffic but the drawback of it is, you will need to pay if your traffics exceed 1,500,000 pagviews a month. Well, if you have that much of traffic you wouldn't mind paying to continue.

      SiteMeter: SiteMeter is another very popular traffic tracking provider. It's used by a lot of notable websites such as lifehacker, read/write web, gawker, gizmodo, kotaku, etc. And like StatsCounter provides 2 different charges of services; the free and the paid premium. Free services get all basic statistics a webmaster could possibly need but in case you want more comprehensive analysis on your traffics, you will need to get the premium account.

      Google Analytics: This is perhaps the most commonly used and most famous web traffic tractor every build. It's free with functions I'll take me pages to describe. Google Analytics gives very accurate statistics on not only traffics but also keep track of almost everything a cookie can store (browsers, type of OS, plugins installed, etc) on each unique visitors. It is also used to keep track of Google Adwords performance. And with the new look recently upgraded, it's certainly better in terms user friendliness and navigation.

      FeedBurner: What makes Feedburner different from the rest is that it keeps track of traffic coming from feed readers. Feedburner users can show off how many people are currently subscribing to them by displaying a chiklet on websites. Feedburner's FAN is also the only traffic counter that offers publishers to make a profit from their traffic. With the recent acquisition of Feedburner by Google, it could have just helped Google to strengthen their domination on traffic counter. Google AdSense on Feedburner is what many AdSense publishers looking forward to see after this acquisition.

      103Bees: 103bees started off earlier this year but already gain much reputation because they are one among few that concentrates on search engine traffic analyzation. It is one of my favorite tool to measure and check my daily traffic.

      Performancing Metrics: Performancing gives you real time readings of your web traffics however if you want to use it for free for long run, your pageviews/day must not exceed 1000. Upon sign up, Performancing gives you 21days full premium access, after that you will have to pay ($2/month) to continue. If you have high traffic, try using Performancing metrics. If your traffics are among the Top 20, you will earn yourself a PR7 link back from Performancing.com main page.

      Reinvigorate: ReInvigorate has nice interface design with traffic charts nicely placed. It makes charts very understandable, very easy for comparison and analysis. However, it's currently a beta and only available through invitations. Send in a e-mail and let's hope they will send you an invitation to try it out.

      Spotplex: Spotplex shows you not only real time traffic stats, but also how you rank among bloggers of your niche that use Spotplex plugin. Head over to Spotplex website to check the most popular articles of the day, most popular within specific niche or your Spotplex rank today.

      Automattic Statistics For WordPress:
      Automattic Statistics calculates your traffic within WordPress. However Automattic Statistics resides on WordPress.com's Dashboard. After installing the plugin, there will be an extra button call Blog Stats that will lead you to your statistics in WordPress.com.

      OneStats: By putting one small OneStats banner on your website, you not only get to see your web traffic but also get to compete against websites from your country in the OneStats chart. OneStats chart is a very good place to gain publicity and its monitor by many webmasters. It's ranked based on pageviews so it's a bit unfair as forums and photo albums have a higher pageview rate.

      MyBlogLog: MyBlogLog stats shows you where your visitors come from, what they read and where they go, but the most interesting thing about MBL is, it includes the statistics of Google AdSense clicked and their sizes.

      CrazyEgg: CrazyEgg tells you where in your page people are likely to click and the most interesting part is, it gives you a heat map display. Install and test it out yourself.
      I hope that helps.
      Thanks for sharing this valuable things. Yeah, It is very helpful for me
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by nayemseo View Post

    I have a curiosity. Which web statistics is easier?
    Like so far I know GA set-up is not so easy. A new person who has not enough knowledge on web statistics, He/She will not set-up GA easily. For that reason I want to know the easiest web statistics company. I have already tried to find the best one. And I got two.

    1. StatCounter
    2. GoStats

    But GoStats is easier then StatCounter.
    This is only my thinking. If you have something new and special then please tell me.
    Or If you have any objection then let me know. Because I have to clarify that which one is easier.
    Why not just use Google Analytics?
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    • Profile picture of the author nayemseo
      Originally Posted by ChrisBa View Post

      Why not just use Google Analytics?
      I think it's not user friendly and it hasn't many things.
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