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newbie understanding their site traffic

by anferne
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Hi There,

Just looking for some help on understand how to read site statistics.

which of the following is the best representation of how many visitors my site is getting a month.

Why is there such a difference and which should trust?

Using Cpanel accel v2.

Using Webalizer - July 12

Hits = 25,000
Visits = 2,000

using Awstats - July 12

Unique visitors= 760
Hits= 12,000
Number of visits= 1470

Using Google Analytics July 12

Visits = 51
Unique Visits = 49
Pageviews = 64


So which is the real indicator of site visitors ? and why is there such a difference?
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  • Profile picture of the author SasaIlic
    Not really sure why such big differences but i would trust mostly Google Analytics. Why don't you set up statcounter and compare results it should be the same as Analytics.
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    • Profile picture of the author CasinoKiller
      I would go with Google Analytics. The accuracy is necessary if you really want to know about your traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Miguelito203
    Originally Posted by anferne View Post

    Hi There,

    Just looking for some help on understand how to read site statistics.

    which of the following is the best representation of how many visitors my site is getting a month.

    Why is there such a difference and which should trust?

    Using Cpanel accel v2.

    Using Webalizer - July 12

    Hits = 25,000
    Visits = 2,000

    using Awstats - July 12

    Unique visitors= 760
    Hits= 12,000
    Number of visits= 1470

    Using Google Analytics July 12

    Visits = 51
    Unique Visits = 49
    Pageviews = 64


    So which is the real indicator of site visitors ? and why is there such a difference?
    Go with Google. I think the others can include spiders/bots that visit your site when you update/change things in addition to the potential customers.

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  • Profile picture of the author Insurgo
    Few things that could be causing this:

    Awstats and Webalizer work by analysing logs on your server which means if your server is in a different timezone to you, those 2 programs will work from server time whereas GA will work from your timezone.

    GA works by loading Javascript which means if a visitor doesn't have javascript enabled then they won't count. Same if they close the browser before the GA javascript loads.

    The big thing as mentioned above though is that GA doesn't count crawlers in the stats.
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    • Profile picture of the author trafficmasters
      Originally Posted by Insurgo View Post

      Few things that could be causing this:

      Awstats and Webalizer work by analysing logs on your server which means if your server is in a different timezone to you, those 2 programs will work from server time whereas GA will work from your timezone.

      GA works by loading Javascript which means if a visitor doesn't have javascript enabled then they won't count. Same if they close the browser before the GA javascript loads.

      The big thing as mentioned above though is that GA doesn't count crawlers in the stats.
      Spot on! I personally use a mixture of AWstats and GA
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    Try to stick to one counter that is Google analytic and the figures they display are more close to be accurate.
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  • Profile picture of the author MrJackBauer
    I think Im going to start using Google Analytics. At the moment I dont have any sort of traffic clocking device etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author Insurgo
      Originally Posted by MrJackBauer View Post

      I think Im going to start using Google Analytics. At the moment I dont have any sort of traffic clocking device etc.
      It's essential mate. You wouldn't open a shop and then not pay attention to if people come in!
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