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  • 15-11-2007 2:48pm
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    Idbatterim
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    Hi, just need your help, my business has a web site, we are advertised in print and on the web, is there any tool or software i can download, that will tell me and collate, from which web site people are arriving to my site at, so as to ascertian results and value for money? Thanks! :)


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    forbairt
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    Idbatterim wrote: »
    Hi, just need your help, my business has a web site, we are advertised in print and on the web, is there any tool or software i can download, that will tell me and collate, from which web site people are arriving to my site at, so as to ascertian results and value for money? Thanks! :)

    I'd say install google analytics ... on your site ...

    www.google.com/analytics

    has a huge amount of info and its very simple to set up you just add a line of code to your footer file (assuming you have one) or to each page on your site :)


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    zAbbo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    Three Options: (All free)

    1. Install http://www.google.com/analytics/ you have to add a little snippet of javascript code to every page you want tracked.

    2. Your web hosting provider may have log file analysers such as AWStats or Webalizer installed.

    3. If you have access to your website log files, you can process these locally using an application such as http://www.quest.com/funnel-web-analyzer/

    HTH

    Whats your site ?


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    Idbatterim
    Registered Users Posts: 17,853 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    hey, thanks for the help, site is www.sandfordlanguages.ie, a new site is to go live shortly, it will have analytics and all set up, also it is being optimised. The web has made a collosal difference to our marketing, tracing people from a paper base, is extremely time consuming...


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    Idbatterim
    Registered Users Posts: 17,853 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    what would you make of this software http://www.opentracker.net and is it legal? seems pretty impressive?


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    forbairt
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    Idbatterim wrote: »
    what would you make of this software http://www.opentracker.net and is it legal? seems pretty impressive?

    to be honest ... it looks pretty much the same as analytics from google the only difference being it will give you reports real time ...

    I know that FireStats will do this as well
    http://www.firestats.cc/wiki/Standalone


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    zAbbo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    Just because GA is free, doesn't make it any less powerful.

    I suggest using GA, even more so if you are using Google Adwords.


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