Comments on: Get Real About Your Traffic http://www.dailyblogtips.com/get-real-about-your-traffic/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jan http://www.dailyblogtips.com/get-real-about-your-traffic/#comment-989992 Jan Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:24:00 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4611#comment-989992 A large number of our customers have the same experience as many of the people above: They would put Google Adsense ads on their websites, and the number of views according to Google is only about 25% of the figure reported by the web server. Since Google has a vested interest in this, I would certainly not switch to GA, simply to force the stats to match. The server stats does include visitors by search engine bots, but that is easy to identify if you look at the host names, and can NOT account for this huge discrepancy. A large number of our customers have the same experience as many of the people above: They would put Google Adsense ads on their websites, and the number of views according to Google is only about 25% of the figure reported by the web server.

Since Google has a vested interest in this, I would certainly not switch to GA, simply to force the stats to match. The server stats does include visitors by search engine bots, but that is easy to identify if you look at the host names, and can NOT account for this huge discrepancy.

]]> By: Kim http://www.dailyblogtips.com/get-real-about-your-traffic/#comment-979201 Kim Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:25:48 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4611#comment-979201 I have been using GA since I set up my site and have been aware of the under-reporting - it can't even agree my adsense numbers! What annoys me about GA is that it is really difficult to exclude my own traffic. My traffic is low enough that I can seriously affect the stats if I spend a lot of time on my site. There are some work-arounds available on the web. None of them are foolproof. The biggest irony is that the fix advocated on the GA help site doesn't really work on blogger (another google product!). I'm considering trying out the Yahoo Analytics product to see the difference. I have been using GA since I set up my site and have been aware of the under-reporting – it can’t even agree my adsense numbers! What annoys me about GA is that it is really difficult to exclude my own traffic. My traffic is low enough that I can seriously affect the stats if I spend a lot of time on my site. There are some work-arounds available on the web. None of them are foolproof. The biggest irony is that the fix advocated on the GA help site doesn’t really work on blogger (another google product!).
I’m considering trying out the Yahoo Analytics product to see the difference.

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.dailyblogtips.com/get-real-about-your-traffic/#comment-976895 Tiffany Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:51:31 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4611#comment-976895 I left a comment here a few days ago, sharing that GA was giving me twice the #'s that WPstats does. After asking around, someone suggested that maybe the GA code was installed twice. I couldn't find that myself, it was only installed in the header. But my blog designer dug around for a while and found that it really was installed twice in the same place. She fixed it and now GA is running very close to WPstats - a bit higher, but nothing out of line. Just thought I'd leave an update, in case anyone else is dealing with this. I left a comment here a few days ago, sharing that GA was giving me twice the #’s that WPstats does. After asking around, someone suggested that maybe the GA code was installed twice. I couldn’t find that myself, it was only installed in the header. But my blog designer dug around for a while and found that it really was installed twice in the same place. She fixed it and now GA is running very close to WPstats – a bit higher, but nothing out of line.

Just thought I’d leave an update, in case anyone else is dealing with this.

]]> By: Kurt Avish http://www.dailyblogtips.com/get-real-about-your-traffic/#comment-976827 Kurt Avish Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:59:40 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4611#comment-976827 I never trusted or use Awstat. Since the beginning of my blogging adventure I have been using Statcounter and Google analytic. They are the best. I see that Statcounter often shows a bit more than GA however. Well this is maybe because Statcounter count a unique visitor on 30 minutes interval and I think GA is longer. My actual count with Statcounter is about 80000 per month while with GA it shows about 65000 to 70000 per month. I never trusted or use Awstat. Since the beginning of my blogging adventure I have been using Statcounter and Google analytic. They are the best.

I see that Statcounter often shows a bit more than GA however. Well this is maybe because Statcounter count a unique visitor on 30 minutes interval and I think GA is longer.

My actual count with Statcounter is about 80000 per month while with GA it shows about 65000 to 70000 per month.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.dailyblogtips.com/get-real-about-your-traffic/#comment-975889 Stephanie Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:10:20 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4611#comment-975889 I need to switch to Google Analytics. I have heard it's better (and more accurate) than StatCounter, Site Meter, etc. You should do a "comparison" sometime. I'd love to read your take on the pros and cons of the various options available. I need to switch to Google Analytics. I have heard it’s better (and more accurate) than StatCounter, Site Meter, etc. You should do a “comparison” sometime. I’d love to read your take on the pros and cons of the various options available.

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