Hostmonster - website statistics

HostMonster offers awstats as one of it's website statistics packages

Awstats has always been my personal favourite.

If you have multiple domain names you will have a link for each one and a separate statistics package.

Once you have selected the domain you wish to see the statistics for Awstats opens up and gives you a load of information.

Here is an overview of all the different statistics you can view

When they hit your HostMonster site:

Monthly history - Track to see your visitors are improving oer the months
Days of month - A break down of everyday of the month, see when your good times are
Days of week - What is the most popular day of the week for people to hit your site
Hours - What hours of the day or people viewing your site.

Who:
Countries - Which countries are hiting our site

Hosts
Last visit - Where are these people coming from, gives you specific domain information.

Authenticated users
Last visit - Who is logging into your website.

Robots/Spiders visitors
Last visit - What search engines are having a look at your website.

Navigation:
Visits duration - How long people are staying on your website.

Viewed
Full list - What are your most popular pages that people are checking out. Very handy information.
Entry - What is the most popular page to enter your website
Exit - What is the page people leave your website

Operating Systems
Versions - What kinds of operating systems are people looking at your website with.

Browsers
Versions - What browsers are they using, good to know which one to optimise for.

Referers:
Origin
Refering search engines - Which search engines are sending traffic your way
Refering sites - Whic websites are sending traffic your way

Search
Search Keyphrases - What phrases are people using to find your website
Search Keywords - what keywords are they using

Others:
HTTP Error codes
Pages not found - What errors are people finding while trying to access your website?

This is just one of the statisitc packages that HostMonster offers. As you can se it is very important to have this information so you can optimise your website for improved traffic. Get rid of all those errors people are finding and make sure it looks ok in the browser they are using.

If you are not using a stat package to see how to improve your website you will be missing information that could be the diference between success and failure.

I find the keyword tracker very important, I need to know what people are typing into the search engines when they are trying to find my website and adjust the website in response.

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