We use WebTrends to parse our logs and run pretty reports. I think it was a "why reinvent the wheel" issue. Regarding unique visitors, most off-the-shelf programs I've seen will recommend that you track users by cookie, not by IP. That gives you a much more accurate count of unique visitors, and avoids the AOL, NAT, Proxy problems. Evan > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 3:54 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: (OT) IIS Web Logs, how to parse and calculate unique visitors > > > (OT) IIS Web Logs, how to parse and calculate unique visitors > > Has anyone created a web log analyzer? How do you determine > unique visitors > over a period of time? Given things like AOL rotating IP client > addresses, > and proxy servers? > > Curious. > Eric > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
