SITE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS SOFTWARE .

One of the most important aspect of web business is knowing your web site traffic stats.It is only by knowing how many visitors and how they use your website that you can know what changes ,if any,to make to your site.

There are different softwares used for web site traffic analysis.They have many features . Examples are, most visited pages,keywords used to find your site,which search engines are sending you traffic etc.

These web traffic analyzers can be downloaded for a trial so that you can judge their performance before purchase.

Listed below is the top three software for analyzing your web site traffic statistics. You can also check through the criteria used to rank them.

Top Three.

Ranking Criteria

• Clicktrack.  This software allows you to track your web site visitors using a unique feature called 'tagging'. This feature permits clicktrack to identify visitors with certain criteria, (e.g. search keyword,cookies,date of visit etc.) and follow them through the entire site. This software is highly recommended because it gives you control over how you manipulate web site traffic stats and you can see the effectiveness of your search engine listing or ad campaign. Also it has a unique way of showing stats visually. Features are;
  • You will see the behaviour of your key visitors.
  • The software is licensed on client PCs just like a copy of windows or excel.
  • No limit on the number of site you can analyze with a single copy.
  • So webmasters can use it to analyze the site of all their clients.
  • Software allows you to separate your visitors into different groups and compare their behaviour.
  • Highlights each link on your website indicating the percentage of people clicking. Click Here to view many more features.
  
  
• Sawmill  This is a log file analysis tool. It has many reporting functions and very easy to use. Carries out analysis in details and presents reports in vivid graphs and tables and hierarchical html reports. Good and useful tools for every Webmaster. It supports most browsers and log file formats. A drop down menu allows options for features search.
  • Search term statistics.
  • Browser type statistics.
  • Domain description statistics.
  • Date/time graphs.
  • Session statistics and a lot more. click here to view.
  
  
• Webtrends  This makes web site traffic statistics analysis more comprehensive and easier to deliver. Some of it's great features are;
  • campaign analysis.
  • Commerce analysis.
  • Scenario analysis.
  • Most popular content analysis.
  • Technical web site performance.
  • General web traffic analysis.
  • basic web behaviour analysis.
  • Comparative report. For detailed explanations on these features Click Here.
  
  

  Price comparison

  Items	Price	Guarantee	Rating
  Clicktrack.	$495	30 day trial	5 star
  Sawmill	£ 75 to £ 720	30 days trial	5 star
  Webtrends	contact	Free trial download	5 star

  Other web site log analysis software.

• web-stat  This service allows you to track and analyze your web site traffic stats in real time. All you do is place a few lines of html codes on your site and you are up and running.$5/month or 30 day trial
  
• Trafficfile  This is a Website traffic and statistics analysis service that you can subscribe to. Three levels of services are available. Bronze(free), Silver($5/month), Gold($10/month).
  

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