Other options besides Google?

[Crump]

I came here to get some ideas about how to track visitors to my site. I have been using tracewatch.com, a free PHP script... and it has been good so far.

There are a couple things (mainly screen resolution) that tracewatch doesn't track, so I came here looking for some ideas for different solutions. But it seems EVERY thread is google analytics.

Why?

[corrideat]

Probably Google Analytics is easy to set up, and also it works very well.

However, there are other options, passing from Piwik (an open source analytics software) to services such as those from Clicky (getclicky.com), Woopra, etc.

In the Clicky website I've mentioned, you have the name of other services.

I hope this helps.

[Gratis_Soft]

I have 4 web counters. None of them shows the same, so I don't trust any of them. It's like the light from the stars - you see it, but you know they are not there anymore :P

[valituguran]

Everything is Google Analytics because it is free!
A webmaster owning a small number of sites will not use probably more than 5%-10% of its functionality.

PS: Maybe you want to check this out [advancedwebstats.com ]

[coffeecupkat]

Crump: Google Analytics is a solid tool, and it's free. I've used other analytics solutions in the last four or five years (ClickTracks and WebTrends, primarily). I liked ClickTracks when I was using it, but mainly because it pulls the data from server-side log files, rather than on-page javascript, so I felt like it had a slight advantage in accuracy.

WebTrends is okay, but IMO, not terrifically user-friendly. And slow as molasses in January when you need to look up quick stats.

But really, as valituguran pointed out, unless you're going to do some hardcore analysis work on a massive enterprise-class website, Google Analytics will more than do the job.

[adriansonline]

take a look at Piwik --its gets my vote. active community and easy to set up

[edited by: adriansonline at 2:52 am (utc) on May 26, 2010]

[adriansonline]

Another option could be clicktales.

[Asia_Expat]

I just installed piwik. It does everything Analytics does, and more, but now it's on MY server, reporting is near real time. I also have complete control over data retention and privacy.