Re: Web Statistics Packages

>I am in the market for a web statistics package.
>
>One important thing I would like to is to be able to pinpoint a file and 
>get some stats back on that file.  For example I have some real audio 
>files on my server.  I want to be able to tell how many hits that 
>particular file has.
>
>The only package I know that's out there is Webtrends.  I'd like to get a 
>list of other packages that y'all are using so I may research them.  Your 
>comments about these packages are also welcome.

I run Fast Stats log-file analyzer on the log files, it gives me great 
information and works very quickly. Have used it about a year now.

I understand the reports look a little different than WebTrends, but, I 
really like the info output it has. I use the "chart" output rather than 
the "graphic" output, it's what I prefer, but you have a choice. Choice of 
HTML (you can upload them for your clients to view), MS Excel, or MS Word97 
formats.

I have a client with RA files, and it tells me exactly the number of times 
those files were accessed. That area of the report is separate from the 
other files (html, images, etc) ... so it doesn't "get lost" in the report. 
It will also tell you how many times the cgi/forms script was accessed, the 
robots.txt file (by SE robots) and also the favicon.ico file (IE5 users 
bookmarking the site). Handy stuff to know about :-)

That's all part of it's "regular" info output. There is also ways to track 
specific html or image files, but I haven't had to use that, so not real 
familiar with the how-to for it, but the help files for every part of the 
report should have that info.

They have a 30 day free trial, so it can't hurt anything to try it!
http://mach5.com/products/faststats/index.html
site has a features comparison and a sample report.
BTW, it is 1/5 the price of WT ...

I'm also an affiliate, but the above link is NOT my affiliate link. If you 
want it, ask :-)

If anyone wants to see a copy of the Word report for one of my clients let 
me know, I can send it to you direct. It is edited, removed info the client 
didn't want to have - like bandwidth use (he doesn't care, as long as it's 
within host's limits) and most accessed images (he doesn't care about that, 
either). I have his permission, but it is not the same client that has the 
RA files. Oh, and I don't use macros in my Word files ... so no worry on 
that :-) I have converted the Word document to PDF format, too, if one is 
more comfortable with that. Just let me know which format you would want, okay?

Roxanne
rmflanagan(at)autumnweb.com
Autumn Web  ~ http://autumnweb.com/
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