Viewing hidden stats

How do you view hidden stats

[bostons4u]

Is there anyway to view hidden stats from a competitors website to see how many hits there actually getting?

[willybfriendly]

Some sites have their stats accessible. Try common folders like "stats". "webstats", "logs" etc.

If they are password protected, then I guess they don't want you to see them.

Most businesses won't let you look at their books either.

WBF

[bostons4u]

The stats are hidden of course you can't see them or put in a password, but I was wondering if there were someway to find out.

My competitor says shes getting 1-2million hits a month and sometimes does not even show up in the top ten of the search and I do alot and I am not getting those hits. She pays for to be on top with overture but I have paid overture and still don't get these hits.

I was just trying to find out the truth if she is really getting this many hits. Thanks

[moltar]

You might have some luck with Alexa ranking. I know it's not precised, but it's better than nothing.

[willybfriendly]

My competitor says shes getting 1-2million hits a month

hits!= traffic

If she has gaphic intense pages she might only be getting a fraction of those numbers as page views or visits. 10 images a page and her actual page views might drop into the 100k range.

Stats are notoriously misleading...

WBF

[bostons4u]

I appreciate all the help. I went to alexa and she does have a rating within the 100,000. I still don't understand since you can't hardly ever find her in a regular search. You always find her advertising with overture. I have used overture and don't see much difference in sales if any. When you type in certain keywords i am number 2 in the reg search with yahoo, and that is pretty good but yet i don't even rank in alexa. Any suggestions?

[dickbaker]

Try this site: [metricsmarket.com...]

It's been mentioned here on WebmasterWorld before, and some have said it's not reliable. However, I've found that it's within the 5-15% margin of error on any site I've checked where I already know what the actual traffic is.