Comments on: What Blog Metrics Packages Do You Use?

By: website statistics

website statistics — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:24:16 +0000

since statcounter is really expensive if you want more than basic stats, i recommend idlogger – http://www.idlogger.com which is very easy to install and powerful (and free of-course)

By: Alex Leonard

Alex Leonard — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:25:39 +0000

I've been using Google Analytics for a long time. Before that it was Awstats. I've kept awstats on as sometimes it gives a slightly different perspective than GA. I like the look of www.hittail.com and both 103bees and P Metrics look pretty interesting as well.

By: DavidYin

DavidYin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:18:23 +0000

I use Sitemeter and Google Analytics both。

By: Abhisek

Abhisek — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:46:23 +0000

I didn’t know about 103bees and am using google analytics. Why? Because ….(you ‘ve mentioned the reason)…”Everything in one place”

By: Manuel Lima

Manuel Lima — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:39:02 +0000

I use:

- StatCounter (much better than SiteMeter)
- Google Analytics
- FeedBurner (new email feature is great!)
- CrazyEgg (I love the provided heatmaps)

Will try 103bees – sounds interesting.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:34:53 +0000

We use GA on all of our blogs

By: HART (1-800-HART)

HART (1-800-HART) — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:40:03 +0000

I really liked that 103bees questions and keywords and search results it was providing me – for the first 10 weeks – then it got kind of old seeing the same things over and over again. I don’t trust it anymore.

I have all the server side statistics I can get, but I seem to rely on sitemeter and my “refer” script for all the curiousity-seeking information I need. But it’s the “Reader-Digest-Version” only, as its either summarized or stats are held for a short time only. It’s only when I’m contemplating over the results of the past year .. like, to see the most popular posts overall or searches etc

As for all my wordpress plugins – I do use “WordPress Reports” plugin, which ties into my feedburner and google analytics right through my dashboard in my blog .. which is cool .. and also that “FireStats” plugin which covers the popularity and incoming/outgoing posts and browsers and stuff like that. I look at firestats more than I do at analytics or feedburner stats.. but not as much as just clicking that green Sitemeter button at the bottom of each of my pages.

By: MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:47:12 +0000

I’m using a mix of awstats for the basic baseline stuff and an as-yet-unreleased stats package that I wrote myself (I’m a statistics graduate) which can do more detailed analysis of blogs and OSCommerce sites, among other plugins. If you want to know when it’s released, head over to my site and subscribe to either the Hacks or All feeds (RSS-1).

By: Mary-Ann

Mary-Ann — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:09:33 +0000

I use Mint, and Feedburner integrated into Mint. I did use MeasureMap (is that still around?) and liked it a lot but didn’t want to use two packages ans Mint did more. I also like that Mint is in one page and I’m a sucker for things that look nice (!) which is why it wins over AWStats. I couldn’t get on with GAnalytics at all.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:57:31 +0000

I’ve been really happy with Sitemeter however, lately I’ve noticed some very slow loading times, default server generated pages stating the site’s bandwidth has been exceeded and some unusually flat visitor rate graphs. Perhaps they are being loved to death!

Thanks Darren for a useful post and to other commenters for their insights also.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:39:55 +0000

I’ve been using StatCounter, and I just now signed up for 103Bees-thanks! Off to check out Google Analytics and AWStats. Very informative and helpful post.

By: Mike Panic

Mike Panic — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:18:57 +0000

Sitemeter for quick stats info, kept in my Firefox bookmark toolbar, AWStats for just about everything else.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:13:06 +0000

I have been using stat counter and I’m very pleased with it.

By: AskaX

AskaX — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:20:39 +0000

103bees worth of try

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:30:08 +0000

Don’t forget about Mapstats!

http://mapstats.blogflux.com

By: Dan Chase

Dan Chase — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:42:33 +0000

Thanks for the inspiration, Darren! I've been reading blogs for years, and finally decided to get started with my own last week. After reading this post, I decided it was time to try some of the services you and your comment posters suggested. Checkout my post, Adding More Statistic Tracking describing my choices and plans.

By: Chasing a Dream » Blog Archive » Adding More Statistic Tracking

Chasing a Dream » Blog Archive » Adding More Statistic Tracking — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:26:38 +0000

[...] After running into one of Darren Rowse’s post at ProBlogger, What Blog Metrics Packages Do You Use? on how he tracks his stats, I decided to try some of his suggestions. It also led to other options too. [...]

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:42:44 +0000

I am also a big believer in Google Analytics – I have it running on all my websites and am amazed at what it has taught me.

By: 網路賺錢

網路賺錢 — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:03:08 +0000

Google Analytics is free and easy to use. It got my vote!

By: Chris Baskind

Chris Baskind — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:01:45 +0000

Performancing metrics is back with a new service, and it’s rather good. The coolest part is the “Spy” function, which gives you a near real-time view of what is happening on your site. It’s all very zoomy and Ajax-ified. If it proves stable, this will become my favorite stat service. It’s fun.

Beyond that, Google Analytics is the gold standard. For a quick snapshot, Feedburner’s site metrics (I look at the RSS stuff, anyway).

But y’all ought to check out the new Performancing stuff.