Posts Tagged AWStats

People will always pay more if they're confident in what they're getting. That's true whether we're talking about advertisers or for the eventual acquirer of your site. Not only that, given the choice of two otherwise identical sites, they'll always choose the one with greater transparency. Because of that, there are two free services that I strongly recommend signing up for. Google Analytics I know some people who I highly respect recommend avoiding Google Analytics, but I just haven't ... Keep reading »

I came across a thread on DigitalPoint this morning about the accuracy of Google Analytics and found it interesting that one of the posters assumed that Analytics must be far less accurate than AWStats since AWStats reported many more visitors. Surely Analytics was undercounting, right? I know that feeling. I'm always anxious to believe the good stats. However, AWStats' counting of every request to your site -- even bots -- means that their stats are ... Keep reading »