So I guess if we already own a copy of urchin, then no point switching? Urchin seems really easy to set up though... I've moved the configuration over from the windows to linux system, and it took me about 10 seconds to install urchin, and then I just had to copy one directory over, and it picked up all the profiles, the serial, and everything... and all that directory had was 5 files.
What about awstats... they seemed ok when I used them for a different server. Not as flash or easy to set up as urchin, but not bad... -----Original Message----- From: Kay Smoljak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Stat app recommendation On 8/24/05, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How does it compare with urchin? Besides being free of course? Webalizer vs Urchin... one is free, one is US $895+. You get what you pay for - I wouldn't give up Urchin for the anything (until something better comes up anyway). My main complaint with Webalizer is that it doesn't tell you what search terms were referred from which search engine. If you're doing any kind of SEO work at all that's really important. I also found that Webalizer was not logging querystring pages correctly, and would only report entry and exit pages if they were .html. Other than that, it's static and therefore not flexible - you can only look at data on a per month basis, whereas any of the more advanced apps which are dynamic allow you to select a date range or otherwise modify the parameters of the current report. And you can export to multiple formats. And there's speccy SVG graphs. And custom log filtering and user-defined reports and custom look up tables. And, and, and :) Really, a high-end stats package such as Urchin, WebTrends or Livestats is pretty much essential for any serious web-based business. I'm a stats nerd :) -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216116 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
