Measuring Website Activity
Video segment 1 of 12 - click here to watch the full video.
Raw logs
Computers keep track of everything. Every website request is stored in a log file. And not just page requests--every image, every pdf, and every document request is logged. Each entries contain the date and time of the request, the IP address, the site that the click came from, and whether or not the request was successfully fulfilled. That's a lot of data!
These logs provide a wealth of knowledge, but they're not very useful in their raw form. They need to be digested into reports that are easier to understand. Let's see what we can learn from Newfangled's traffic report. next >
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July 15, 2007 11:19 PM Thanks - very nice, clear explanation of the all those numbers. Very much appreciated. |
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July 30, 2007 10:25 AM Thank you! Really helpful. I've just signed up for analytics. |
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November 6, 2008 1:14 PM Phenominal! I've been stumbling through urchin for a while - this really helps put things into perspective! |
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February 2, 2009 9:19 PM Very detailed and comprehensive. This has cleared up a lot of things I wanted to know. |
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March 12, 2009 5:32 AM drill down conent |
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July 2, 2009 11:38 PM Great video and information on website analysis, I am going to give this a try. Jimmy |











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