how to track website traffic?

Hi, can someone please tell me what program they are using to track where their website traffic is coming from? I'm using www.web-stat.com but for some reason its not working very well. any help would be appreciated! thanks

You can try sitemeter. It has a free version.

I am using addfreestats.com/

I use Veretracking as part of my Veretekk system. Its cool, gives me a lot of info, and free.

One of my blogs has Awstats

I wasn't the one who installed it though. The site admin did. It's nifty though

http://www.statcounter.com is also a good free coutner service

How about google analytics if you have an adwords campaign. It shows where your visitors come from even.

TraceWatch is an incredible free program. You can watch their live demo at the site. I actually had two other programs I was paying monthly for and this one outperforms them by far.

You do need to password protect it if you don't want open stats as it doesn't do it automatically.

Awstats is very detailed, but you should have SSH access to your server

if u willing to pay for the stats for ur website... highly recommended is www.statcounter.com, there statistics are awesome and much faster... features like Visitor paths, IP Address, Search Engine Keywords, Search Engine Wars, Recent Came From, Location of the Visitor & more..

Also offers free signup for upto 100 viewers of ur website...

Wow, thanks soo much everyone!

It depends on what your purpose is.
- If you want a powerful tracking system, I suggest using Google Analytics, but it has drawback: it's slow

- If you want a simpler system, I suggest using Addfreestats. It's free, and it's also able to track your adsense CTR (that's why I love it).

I have found a great free traffic tracker that is simple to use it requires adding a copy and paste script to the page you want to track.

check it out:http://extremetracking.com

Thanks, I will check some of those out!

I tried several and I liked Awstats.

Hey ebay,

I just came across something that may interest you. It doesn't keep stats per se, but it does track WHERE people click on your site.

http://www.crazyegg.com It has helped me in placement of ads, links and the like.

For keeping regular stats, I use http://www.statcounter.com

Just my .02

Joe

ps hey Vishal, sorry I haven't been around much. busy, busy, busy...

PSS Vishal,
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I agree with Quoting: netjobshighly recommended is www.statcounter.com, there statistics are awesome and much faster... features like Visitor paths, IP Address, Search Engine Keywords, Search Engine Wars, Recent Came From, Location of the Visitor & more..

Also offers free signup for upto 100 viewers of ur website...

I have used them too, but then run out of space, gotten over the first 100. Haven't bothered since. My site has a built in feature now, so I didn't need it. Also try myadstracker.com they seem neat
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