Which web statistics program is the best?

Which is the best web statistics program for affiliate marketing?

I have been using Google Analytics for a while, though it is near impossible to get outcliks data from them, and also some of my more paranoid friends refuse to share any more data with google than they need to...>>

Any recommendations?

For free stuff, I use statcounter, google analytics, and hittail for another view of my keyword activity.

I know if you are willing to pay there are other services which offer a bit more, especially for ranking of sites within industries...

Yea, I agree I don't like giving the info to Google, but I haven't found anything reasonable to replace it with. I'd be interested if there was one as similar in performance and function.

I use statcounter and google analytics as well.

I am also trialling microsofts gatineau analytics its the nicest looking stats I have seen and its great that they are displayed live, but its very early in beta at the moment and doesn't do a great deal more than measure hits and page views.

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Originally Posted by andy.l

Which is the best web statistics program for affiliate marketing?

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I use Google Analytics. For about 9 months last year, I paid for HitsLink; but I found that Google Analytics did just as good of a job at a much better price. 8-)

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Originally Posted by andy.l

... though it is near impossible to get outcliks data from them

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Are there any applications that do provide outclicks data, even if said application is not free? I would love to know if my exits are to one of the online gaming sites that I promote, or to some other site.

I think that I am not alone in that what I want is for visitors to come to my site, look at between 2 and 5 pages for between 2 and 5 minutes, and then exit -- but to where do they exit? This is the million dollar question....

I used syntryx and they were excellent - for a variety of reasons...

For the same website, I can see different results using Google Analytics, Statcounter free and Awstats.
There's not IMO an accurate tool for this matter .

I use Statcounter- I find their reports really user friendly (I have tried Analytics and was amazed by the detail, but to be honest I found myself with too much information spending all day working out which language the guy from Brazil using firefox on a Vista machine was speaking).

The only complaint is that you only get a quota of historical data...but thinking about it, this is probably not a bad thing either for the same reasons as above.

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Originally Posted by robertmedl

I think that I am not alone in that what I want is for visitors to come to my site, look at between 2 and 5 pages for between 2 and 5 minutes, and then exit -- but to where do they exit? This is the million dollar question....

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I agree. I use google analytic, statcounter and hitslink. Each of them delivers some very useful data, but none tells me where do my visitors go when they exit.


Nandakishore
Online Casino Newsroom

I use Google analytics, AddFree stats and Awstats, but I'm going also to try statscounter.

google analytics simply the best for me

I don't know which is the best, but I have used Adfee Stats for about 2 years, and have found it very comprehensive. :rockon:

This can be a difficult question to answer without more clarification.

I personally use Smarter Stats, but it isn't for the average user. This program is a server application that parses the raw web server logs and provides reports in web page form either in it's built-in web server, or from an IIS website (which can easily be a sub-domain)

Different users can be given access to stats from certain domains so it is a great tool for web hosts or hosting resellers or for those with multiple sites and different people needing access to different website stats.

Sawmill and Web Trends also worked similarly but more difficult to configure.

Awstats is also something to consider for the more budget conscous. (I never cared as much for it since it runs strictly out of perl and adds quite a bit of overhead for large logs, but worked fairly flawlessly once set up properly)

Rick
Universal4

I use rite counter and I think that's the best free stats counter, with all details

Hi,

Im using Awstats and webalizer. They come free with my VPS hosting. I have used Google Analytics, but like to have my stats on my server, not keen on letting Google have access to that, maybe im paranoid, but just the way i am.

My site is only getting around 200 visitors a day, so still small.

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Stat counter is by far my favorite choice. With the free program you can view where people came from, what they searched to get to your site and much more. Its easy and allows you to change your page based on whats hot in the search engines at that time.

Guys can you take a look at www.adgine.net?

it's a tracking and ad serving platform however we can generate reports regarding page views, impressions, number of visitors from specific geography, views per page etc

We only charge 15% of the impressions served within a month

Regards,

PartnerJ

for more info PM me please

I have had some affiliates tell me that they've used this program with great success.

http://haveamint.com/

Regards,

Mark

There is really no need to pay for any of these services like mint. Statcounter does exactly the same thing and its free and they are dedicated to not adding spyware to your computer. Im not sure I would be able to say the same for the other systems listed.