Whats the best way to track traffic?

Folks tend to automatically vote Google Analytics.
So much so, I wonder if the big G has developed
some kind of mind control device? Of course, I
might be joking here.

Moving on:

Here's how I look at it. When you think "website
tracking," what's your actual purpose, or desired
result?

What is it that you want to know, specifically?

What data will help you make more money, or
give you an edge over your competitors?

For me, I found GA to fall short of what I wanted.

What about for you? Well, you'll only find that
out if you think about what you really need to
know.

To illustrate, here's one important feature I
wanted - per visitor specific tracking.

As in, it would be beneficial for me to know
exactly the path an individual takes through
my site, or where that individual came from,
and so on.

And the easier and faster that information
can be relayed to me, the better. If I have
to hunt for it, that's no good. If I have to
wait for it, that's no good either.

You won't get that information from GA. But
maybe you don't need it, so no worries.

So what DO you need?

Yip....DEFO Google Analytics!

I use this one Dan.
WordPress › Google Analyticator WordPress Plugins

I always liked hitslink. I think their interface is very easy to use and they have realtime stats.

You have to wonder why google doesn't give real time stats, they obviously have the technology to do so.

A question I have is, if you use google analytics, can you use another tracker with it, like adtrackz?

Adtrackz gives you special URL's to use to track your ads, like PPC ads on google adwords. But google needs to insert code automatically at the end of a url for proper tracking. Will google insert code at the end of a special adtrackz generated url like:

ww.website.com/adtrackz/go.php?c=cat1&s=keyword1