Re: Web logfile analyzer?
I use awstats I think its in Woody, or you can go to awstats.sourceforge.net
"Michael D. Crawford" wrote:
> I'd like a recommendation for a web server logfile analyzer. My web hosting
> service uses apache.
>
> I've used analog on Windows (where it's pretty hard to use) but I understand it
> runs on Linux too so maybe you can tell me how to do what I want with it.
> Analog is complex to configure and some expertise seems to be needed to get the
> most meaningful results from it.
>
> What I need to do is find the number of unique views of each of my pages that
> wasn't referred from within my site. By unique, if a page gets viewed twice by
> the same ip address or hostname, it would only show up once in my count. I want
> to count only the referrals that come from somewhere else on the web.
>
> Mostly I check my log file using, for example:
>
> grep "GET / " access_log | wc
>
> but that will show both the hits I get from offsite as well as the referrals
> from other pages within my site.
>
> On the other hand, it would also be helpful to see the number of referrals that
> do come from within my site. So if someone comes to a particular page I write
> to attract traffic, and then goes to the pages where I talk about my services,
> that would be helpful to keep track of.
>
> Finally, some people find my pages with the search engines. The search terms
> they user are often encoded in the URL of the referring page. The syntax for
> the URL would be different depending on the search engine. I would like to know
> what the search terms are that people are finding me with.
>
> I don't believe in spamming the search engines, but I do believe it is very
> worthwhile, and the right thing to do, to set out content that is useful to
> people in hopes of driving traffic to my site. But I have a limited amount of
> time to do that and want to be more intelligent about how I do it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Michael D. Crawford
> GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting
> http://www.goingware.com/
> crawford@goingware.com
>
> Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow.
>
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