A hit counter can tell you the number of hits (or visits) to your website, but if you want to learn about your website traffic and what visitors are doing on your website, you will need to use an analytics application or tool.
Clients on our Ultra or Unlimited Hosting plans can use Webalizer, included in their Site Admin Panel. But Webalizer is not included in the Doteasy $0 Hosting plans.
Well, here are some website statistics applications and tools you can try:
- Crazy Egg - http://crazyegg.com
Crazy Egg is a web traffic visualization tool. By pasting a line of javascript on your webpage, you can learn what visitors are doing on your website. Crazy Egg gives you reports on where visitor click on your website. This helps you figure out your visitors usage pattern and the hotspots on your website.
- Compete - http://www.compete.com
Want to see how your website measures up to the competition? Compare competitors’ websites on Compete.com.
- Google Analytics - http://www.google.com/analytics
Learn about where your visitors come from and how they interact with your website. All you have to do is copy and paste the Google Analytics tracking code into each of your website pages and tracking begins immediately.
- SiteCounter - http://www.statcounter.com
Similar to Google Analytics, all you need to do is copy and paste a simple code on your web page to get reports on visits, page views, and referring source to your website.
- Clicky Web Analytics - http://getclicky.com
You are given two lines of HTML code to place on your website. The code then lets Clicky monitor all your site traffic, including each individual visitor’s usage and action. You can get your stats via the account dashboard or have Clicky send them to you via RSS feeds.
These are just a few of the website statistic tools and programs out there that I have personally tried. If you have tried other ones and would like to share it with other Doteasy members, please feel free to do so.