Web Tools Free Analytics

Do you use free analytics ??
Which ones do you use ??
Do you use more than one ??
Below is a list of free analytics sites:
Tell us which ones are the best for your use.
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http://www.google.com/analytics/
http://piwik.org/
http://webdesignledger.com/tools/best-free-website-analytics-tools
http://sixrevisions.com/usabilityaccessibility/10-promising-free-web-analytics-tools/
http://gostats.com/
http://iwebtrack.com/
http://statcounter.com/
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/tools/free-website-analytics/
http://www.onestatfree.com/
http://www.pearanalytics.com/
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Thank You
falcon

 

I just signed up with Google analytics and will report my findings.

Can you tell us which ones are you using and why?

 

Can you tell us which ones are you using and why?
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Yes - I use Google analytics to check my adsense. This is how you track adsense results
I use Gostats for traffic and track the results weekly in a spreadsheet
traffic can be recorded by new and returning traffic. I get about 50% of each (+/- 10%)
repeated traffic gives better adsense results
- To be able to do SEO properly, you need to track the results
- Traffic and conversions ($$$) need to be tracked and changed for results
People develop ad blindness, so minor (MINOR) changes need to be applied to the ads for results
(position, color, type) all can have minor changes or you can rotate the changes
For traffic, major and minor changes to the content. I noticed when I make changes, traffic doubles or triples.
Best to make several minor changes instead of a big change.
Also I use other analytics for backup or specific information. As you begin to use analytics, you will want some more information of some kind, use the analytics for that purpose with your main selection.
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Question ?? What information do you need now and what for ??
Google analytics works with adsense. I like Gostats for traffic. Some have heatmaps (tells where people click) so if you need heatmaps use the analytics that have them.
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hope this helps
falcon

 

I’m impressed with the services. Right now the sites I’m monitoring don’t have many visitors. Hopefully that will changed once I understand how to utilizing the reports. Can you tell me how best to get started?

 

tomw

I’m impressed with the services. Right now the sites I’m monitoring don’t
have many visitors. Hopefully that will changed once I understand how to
utilizing the reports. Can you tell me how best to get started?

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Yes

First, use Gostats for monitoring traffic. Track the results in a spreadsheet
(http://www.byedesign.co.uk/ - the free one that I use for this purpose). I put the weekly dates on the top and the individual pages down the left side. This tracks traffic by the week. When you make changes (SEO of the page) you can see the improvement or disappointment. Change the disappointment to improvement using keywords and SEO on individual pages.

This is the results of one of my pages.

Standard Deviation Keywords
Standard Deviation Formula (pg 4 #4) Wed 22 Feb 2012
Standard Deviation Formula (pg 3 #2) Tue 28 Feb 2012

Without tracking, you can't improve your results. It takes about a week or
two to see changes.

Gostats will give you a lot of information about traffic. Because it is free,
use it for each page (list them as a separate site)
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Your title
<title>Downloads - wcms - wfiedler Content Management System - Google
Project Hosting</title>

This change might help
<title>Content Management System | software that is used to build websites</title>
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hope this helps
falcon

 

You do not have a proper description.
Just a suggestion:
<meta name="Description" content="A content management system makes it easy for non-technical users to
create and maintain fully functional websites.">
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Add to or change the description for best results.
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Google allows 150 characters (including spaces)
use your best keywords.
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hope this helps
falcon

 

The metas I use for the description and keywords are these:

<meta name="description" content="w-CMS Content Management System and free web site templates"/>
<meta name="keywords" content="w-CMS, wfiedler, free templates, Content Management System, web hosting service"/>

Can you point out why they are not proper?

 

They are proper. What I meant is to be optimized for maximum traffic. Put your best keywords in the title as close to the beginning as appropriate, same for description. Keywords are for you and web page analyzers.
Keywords checked in Keyword Discovery (a free keyword tool)
http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/search.html
Example:
cms 502
content management system 6
web site templates 7
web page templates 21
free web templates 14
free web templates business
14

free web design templates 13
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You may want to check for different keywords. I would use cms instead of content management system.
By changing your keywords you should increase your traffic
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hope this helps
falcon

 

At my age I can relate to what you’re saying. I’m doing far less than what you’re doing now to improve traffic. In fact I really haven’t done anything yet other than signing up with Google Analytics. I too will look into your suggestion and see how that will work out. Thanks.

 

Very good and informative post ishkey
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some more information:
ClickHeat is a visual heatmap of clicks on a HTML page, showing hot and cold click zones. ClickHeat is an OpenSource software, released under GPL licence, and free of charge.
http://www.labsmedia.com/clickheat/index.html
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Also Google analytics has something similar. Try it for a start.
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falcon

 

Looks like Google also has those reports also. I will stay with it for now since Piwik needs to be installed in the server before use. Perhaps in the future I will try it and compare the differences.

BTW, Google dose have the heat map thing.

 

I use Google Analytics to track my Google Adsense and record in the spreadsheet with my weekly traffic.
This way I can compare the traffic to the Adsense. The only reason I mentioned Analytics for checking
similar to Heat is some have Analytics and could try it. ClickHeat is far superior, particularly for tracking
for Adsense and affiliates. The free analytics are personal preference. I use several (maybe because they are free)
but it helps me to track the information I need.
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I am curious what other people use. Tracking traffic, Adsense and affiliates, and position all need information, so I use several analytics.
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falcon

 

Item 1. I use Google Analytics to track my Google Adsense and I record the changes by the week. That way I know which pages are making money from Adsense. Mechanical/Hydraulics is the leading page (I don't know why).
Second is TI Emulator (because I direct all math pages to it). Presently I am developing Red Crab Calculator pages for schools, which is a good alternative for TI and it is free. Remember my targeted audience is schools. You should know what your targeted audience is and work to improving that traffic. Also my web page is information for students, so all I do may not be appropriate for you.
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I use Gostats to track my traffic weekly (they send my results every Monday) so I record my traffic in a spreadsheet and also the Adsense by the page. Adsense also tells me which type of ads are most productive. It turns out to be my horizontal banner text ads. The picture ads do not do as well.
Since I record them in a spreadsheet, I can get results a month or two past and see how they change. By the way, the greatest traffic does not get the most results in adsense. I am not talking about affiliates now, just adsense. Also traffic varies by the days in the week, with the middle of the week being the most and weekends being the least. Also holidays being lower (it tracks as schools or students need with more traffic before midterms and finals).
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I also notice when I make changes, traffic increases. Students want the fastest and easiest way to do their classwork so they have more time to play. Learning is not a motivator. Best to make several small changes than one big change.
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hope this helps
falcon

 

Analytics are used to track traffic (visitor) information. The amount, what pages they visited, where they came from, what keywords they used, etc. Some analytics are better for some things. That is why many people use more than one.
What Analytics do you use (if more than one please state)
Why do you use those ?? Have you tried others. We are trying to help by suggesting the possibilities. Please, only free as some of us are not financially affluent enough to afford all the software that one should need.
Also we want to show what can be accomplished with free software.
As for this post - we need all the help we can get
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Thank You for all your support
falcon

 

My son just gave me a new computer. It has win 7 on it. I had a Compaq with win xp (old system at 750 m)
I am learning how to use the new system. It has wireless so I had to find drivers and download them. This is what I have been doing and why I have been absent from the forum. By the way, D-Link wireless needs drivers to work on win 7 as it will not "plug n play". Drivers are available at D-Link support.
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falcon