I've done fairly a bit of probation into interlacing analytics lately, and I admit form a couple of things. Google analytics Is a ample tool, on the other hand it cannot be the apart part an construction relies on. Due to it is a purely JavaScript based, it is unable to select browsers that discharge not retain JavaScript enabled, this includes the search engine robots, some fist held devices, as flourishing as a percent of users that manually turn this off. That existence said we extremity a item to parse the log files from the server and to allow us break approximately these users, as right as providing us with "on demand" stats where as Google's stats are later day. The server logs further include a assets of other info that we are collecting automatically, so we might as bright-eyed capture function of it.

I hold come to the result that we desideratum to advantage Google Analytics on the contrary we further entail a thing that reads the server logs. There are entirely a incongruity of tools that would fill this need. Google recently purchased Urchin who's net debate product runs Google analytics, costs about $3k and testament chore with the Google Mini, Urchin very gives the energy to recite logs from server software other than IIS (like apache, the software used for disclosed source applications) .

Urchin will be releasing another anecdote shortly, and this will be the head proceeds on account of the Google buyout. Another choice is WebTrends Analytics it costs about $4k. It Alike Urchin will study both IIS and Apache logs, and has a lacework interface for users. The latest product is NetTracker, it runs about $4k for the software, and another grand for support. it was recently bought outside by Unica. The governance of netTracker is not the smoothest, and the agency seems to keep declined on grade thanks to the get out.