I use them for my sites that I do SEO/SEM for. And since it is free, I could use for all my sites. And the "Site Overlay" is nice...but the data processing is manual... (Man, they can certainly churn out some quick stats!)
But I'm considering doing some things like generating traffic reports at night with scheduled tasks and emailing them to website owners. And to do that I'll have to be able to have access to the data. The data analysis that my clients want is very basic. "How many people visited my site today?" Nothing about conversion rates or anything like that. They don't even pay attention to how many visits for each page. My biggest need is to work up an stats archive, so all the records don't have to be calculated every time. Just thinking out loud... Rick -----Original Message----- From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:42 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Best Practices for Web Site Traffic Tracking Rick, Also checkout Google Analytics (http://www.google.com/analytics/) which is Google's implementation of Urchin. Rey Rick Faircloth wrote: > Yes, but it doesn't have to be quite that extensive...something like > their Standard Package...(whew, even the Standard version of WebTrends > is around $800!!... yes, I'll build my own!) > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Best Practices for Web Site Traffic Tracking > > You mean like a WebTrends kind of thing? > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Tue Feb 20 18:58:13 2007 > Subject: Best Practices for Web Site Traffic Tracking > > Hi, all. > > Anyone know of a discussion/tutorial on the best way to go about > creating a website traffic management/reporting system? > > I've been using my own methods for several years, and, while they > work well enough, I know there are bound to be better methods. > > I'm looking not just for coding, but for overall discussion of > traffic management, such as archiving older data, tracking visitors > movement through a website. just about anything. > > Of course, I'm look for CF-based info. > > Rick > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270221 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
