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desktop log analysis software

         

johnd

5:16 pm on Jan 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

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I'm looking for a good desktop log analysis program that can download logs from my server via ftp. I put emphasis on the analysis of referring pages and search terms. Do not need adwords or overture click analysis.

so far tried:
Bitstrike Absolut Log Analyzer (pretty good)
Mach5 Faststats (lack many reports such as number of visitors per week, month etc. good feature is the hyperlink tree view of where the visitors are coming from and what they click).

please post some suggestions

thanks

storevalley

5:22 pm on Jan 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Sawmill is worth checking out. It's a little on the slow side, but gives plenty of info and ways to configure its collection.

balinor

10:17 pm on Jan 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

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For me the best bang for the buck has been WebLog Expert

piskie

10:48 pm on Jan 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Agreed, WebLog Expert is my value for money choice.

europeforvisitors

3:52 am on Jan 10, 2004 (gmt 0)



Mach5 Faststats (lack many reports such as number of visitors per week, month etc. good feature is the hyperlink tree view of where the visitors are coming from and what they click).

FastStats Analyzer lets you create different report setups for any time period. In other words, you could have reports in the Report Picker for "today," "yesterday," "last month," "December 2003," or whatever, depending on the filters you use. The downside is that you have to run a report for each time period, as opposed to just clicking on a calendar in Sawmill (the other stats program that I use). The good news is that FastStats Analyzer is blazingly fast, so you can generate a report for today, another for last month, etc. very quickly.

I have reports set up for "today," "yesterday," and "month to date." At the end of each month, I move the month's logfiles to an archive and set up a custom report for that month (e.g., December 2003), which I can run a year later if I want to compare December 2003 with December 2004. By using the "copy" command in the report picker, it's easy to set up additional reports for any month: I just rename "Copy of December 2003" to "January 2004," change the dates and archived logfile directory, and I'm done.

onlineleben

11:50 am on Jan 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Try analog
its free, highly configurable, a little old fashioned setup, but works for me very well for more than 4 years by now

operafan

4:53 am on Jan 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

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There has been countless threads on such software. For a more simple approach for a newbie I quite like 123loganalyzer..other than that for more industrial strength, ppl recommend Mach 5