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Web Traffic Analysis - What's working, what isn't!?

by sbones
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I have a small article based blog with growing traffic. Right now I'm not concerned with conversion or sales but I do want to "80/20" my web traffic. Some articles get 2000 Unique Users in a day while others only get a couple hundred. I know there are many factors, keywords, search trends, ect but I want to find a system to help me analysis this. I don't find the built in tools on wordpress "Stats" very useful and Google Analytics is good but hard for me to separate any actionable data.

Anyone have a system or tool they can recommend?

Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author webapex
    All I hear suggests Google Analytics is the way to go, a simpler tool is statcounter.com

    Big eCommerce sites might optimize conversion with the expensive Adobe Sitecatalyst (still on he omniture.com site)
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    • Profile picture of the author sbones
      Originally Posted by webapex View Post

      All I hear suggests Google Analytics is the way to go, a simpler tool is statcounter.com

      Big eCommerce sites might optimize conversion with the expensive Adobe Sitecatalyst (still on he omniture.com site)
      Yeah, google throws a lot of data at you but I'm fuzzy on how to disseminate it into actionable data. But, I know its probably more of an acquired skill and preference thing. Any techniques you know of that can get me started?

      Yeah, no budget for experimentation, just time.
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  • Profile picture of the author darkhugs
    Originally Posted by webapex
    All I hear suggests Google Analytics is the way to go, a simpler tool is statcounter.com

    Big eCommerce sites might optimize conversion with the expensive Adobe Sitecatalyst (still on he omniture.com site)
    Google no longer pays attention to the articles. What does this mean? will you write many articles. There are many article sites. Write articles relevant to them, but the topic is going to be.
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    • Profile picture of the author DrewClement
      Originally Posted by darkhugs View Post

      Google no longer pays attention to the articles. What does this mean? will you write many articles. There are many article sites. Write articles relevant to them, but the topic is going to be.
      Sheer brilliance!

      Thanks so much for sharing.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbones
      Originally Posted by darkhugs View Post

      Google no longer pays attention to the articles. What does this mean? will you write many articles. There are many article sites. Write articles relevant to them, but the topic is going to be.
      Yoda?
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  • Profile picture of the author Fazal Mayar
    google analytics is the way to go because a lot of stats analyzers are inflated by spiders/robots and etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbones
      Originally Posted by Fazal Mayar View Post

      google analytics is the way to go because a lot of stats analyzers are inflated by spiders/robots and etc.
      So with that said, what am I looking for in that data?

      I know the basics of what unique views, referrers, and sources are, but how does this help me figure out why some articles are more popular than others?

      Is it all in the keywords? Something tells me I can do a better in selecting article topics.
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      • Profile picture of the author Fazal Mayar
        Originally Posted by sbones View Post

        So with that said, what am I looking for in that data?

        I know the basics of what unique views, referrers, and sources are, but how does this help me figure out why some articles are more popular than others?

        Is it all in the keywords? Something tells me I can do a better in selecting article topics.
        I am pretty much sure you can check what amount of traffic each of your article generates while looking at datas on google analytics. Another tip would be to check your awstats (cpanel) and you would know which article geneartes you what type of traffic.
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        • Profile picture of the author sbones
          Originally Posted by Fazal Mayar View Post

          I am pretty much sure you can check what amount of traffic each of your article generates while looking at datas on google analytics. Another tip would be to check your awstats (cpanel) and you would know which article geneartes you what type of traffic.
          I don't use Cpanel, isn't that an FTP program? I see there is a plugin for Wordpress, my platform, but it's a little vague what it says it does to me.

          "AWStats can collect information about the browser capabilities and screen size, but that requires embedding a <script> HTML tag in all the pages. This calls a JavaScript function contained in the file awstats_misc_tracker.js that will report the extra data to the web server in a specific HTTP GET request. An extended explanation is provided in the AWStats FAQ" :confused:

          Thanks for your suggestion though!
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