WoodsWalker Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Hi, All! I've just installed the SuperTracker contribution, which is a good one, but I was hoping for something that would show me how many visitors I was getting per day, so I can monitor whether traffic is increasing or decreasing. Other features would be fine, too - but this is the main one. I suppose I could simply install a counter, but then one cannot differentiate between breathers and bots. Is there a simple contribution out there for osC that will do this for me, or should I just download the logs from my ISP and get a log analysis program (and if so, can anybody recommend a good one?). As always, thank you for your wise input (I've been putting it to use, I can tell you!) :) ~Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 You could use Google analytics - there's an osc contrib to integrate it fully and will provide you with an enormous range of stats without putting any extra load on your db server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sLaV- Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Google Analytics - THE BEST and free ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWalker Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 Neato - I'll look into it. Thanks, ~Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsayanng Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Your host should have some kind of AWStats installed on your server right?? Thats what i use for it. A great place for newbies to start Road Map to oscommerce File Structure DO NOT PM ME FOR HELP. My time is valuable, unless i ask you to PM me, please dont. You will get better help if you post publicly. I am not as good at this as you think anyways! HOWEVER, you can visit my blog (go to my profile to see it) and post a question there, i will find time to get back and answer you Proud Memeber of the CODE BREAKERS CLUB!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWalker Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Hi! My host has log files I can download, and also has an online copy of Webalizer for generating reports. I find Webalizer a little lacking. Also, I noticed while looking at Webalizer yesterday (I hadn't looked in a long time) that about 20 days in the middle of every recent month were completely missing! I emailed my ISP (Bell Canada), and got the usual cryptic message back that the problem had been resolved, with no details as to what it was. The log files now appear complete. But I don't know if I can really trust them. In any case, I've just installed Header Tags SEO and am generally tweaking my pages in order to get more exposure, and instead of perusing log files and reports, the real sign of success will be when I am too busy filling all the orders to worry about SEO-ing! :D Thanks, ~Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester420247sl Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I use this ( http://www.leveltendesign.com/L10Apps/HC ) and added it to my footer.php . I did remove some of what they say not to though (to keep my site looking nice) :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Visitors Web Stats or Supertracker or Google Analytics Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealc Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Google analytics!!! Freaking Sweet. Use it! I am currently just learning osCommerce and PHP, but am always willing to help out. Have successfully installed the following: Discount Coupons, UPS shipping module, Ultimate SEO URL's, Easy Meta Tags for SEO 1.0, Google XML Sitemap SEO v1.3, HTML Editor for Email and Newsletters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schou123 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Yeah Google Analytics rocks and its free. What I like is that you can set up a funnel to see exactly at which point your customers abandon the checkout process. You can also integrate it with your adwords campaign to easily see your ROI all in one interface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn1999 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/topic/322298-how-to-identify-order-problems/page__p__1341178__hl__supertracker%20google%20analytics__fromsearch__1entry1341178 After reading this and other threads, there's one thing I'm not quite sure about...Is Google Analytics redundant with Supertracker or do they each have some unique features and maybe I should install both? I already have just basic Google Analytics (code in the footer, nothing fancy yet) installed and my I can see some info from Awstats in my cPanel. Is Supertracker worthwhile for me? Or maybe I should change my Google Analytics install a bit and use some of the code provided in some contributions? http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/7200 or http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/3756 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicmag Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Visitors Web Stats or Supertracker or Google Analytics Which is the best in terms of ease of use and information. Are all the three free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥mdtaylorlrim Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Keep in mind that any contribution, including Google Analytics, creates an increased load on your site, each time a page is accessed. Web site traffic analyzers provided by your host only creates a load on the server (not your site individually) and only one time per day and usually at midnight. Having said that, getting information is always a trade off on performance. The more information you want will result in an increased hit on performance. It is a matter of what you are willing to give up in order to get that information. Community Bootstrap Edition, Edge Avoid the most asked question. See How to Secure My Site and How do I...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn1999 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Keep in mind that any contribution, including Google Analytics, creates an increased load on your site, each time a page is accessed. Web site traffic analyzers provided by your host only creates a load on the server (not your site individually) and only one time per day and usually at midnight. Having said that, getting information is always a trade off on performance. The more information you want will result in an increased hit on performance. It is a matter of what you are willing to give up in order to get that information. Good points...so do you know what Supertracker does that Google Analytics doesn't do? It must do something unique or why would anyone even bother with it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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