[Lorie Letschert]

does anybody uses Woopra and is this the best tool you could use? or is google analytics a better tool?....or many other ones are superior? i would like to use a tool that can really helps in giving good information about what is going on on your site

[OutdoorPlayToys]

I have heard great things about Woopra, but I personally use Getclicky.com. I keep that open all day and can watch people go through my site...every click they make I can see. It has been beneficial to helping us see what is viewed and how they travel. I am sure there are a lot of great tools out there now, would love to see what others use as well.

[gcarson]

Checking out Getclicky now. Looks nice. I use to have Wassup on one of my sites, but once I hit a certain amount traffic, it was putting a load on my server that my host wasn't happy with . This looks like a nice real-time solution.

[OutdoorPlayToys]

So far I have not seen any affect on load time - of course that is something we are monitoring closely! We do have the upgraded version...it is worth the $$$ in our eyes! :-)

[gcarson]

@Outdoor. I want to take back my thanks! After I got rid of my realtime stats, I was forced to do some actual work rather than stare at my stacks. Getclicky and all their features already have me back to staring at all the same stats I was before plus about 100 other cool features they. Damn you! .

I guess the only downside is that its not hosted on your server which means someone else has your data? To me that doesn't matter and I see it as a possible.. as it means less of a load on my server.

[Kevin]

The free version of Woopra has some definite limitations, including goal funnels and things like that. It is a good product though, and worthy of discussion and a look.

If you really want to keep your data private (ie not share it with Google, Woopra, GetClicky etc), I strongly suggest you have a look at Piwik.

It's free, its powerful, and you store the data yourself.

EDIT: There is a "live look in" module for Piwik as well.

[OutdoorPlayToys]

LOL! Sorry gcarson, didn't mean to ruin your day! It IS addicting!!!!! I never had much of a concern about the data....so it was never an issue for me.

I will have to take a peak at Piwik too - I have never heard of that one! Amazing how many are out there....but it is such an important tool to have...

[gcarson]

Originally Posted by Kevin

EDIT: There is a "live look in" module for Piwik as well.

Didn't know about the 'live look in' module for piwik. Have to check that out

Any ideas on how much of a load Piwik causes on your server? I left it one but took my other WP real-time stats plugin off as my host said it was causing issues cpu usage issues

[SGFrazier]

Originally Posted by OutdoorPlayToys

I have heard great things about Woopra, but I personally use Getclicky.com. I keep that open all day and can watch people go through my site...every click they make I can see. It has been beneficial to helping us see what is viewed and how they travel. I am sure there are a lot of great tools out there now, would love to see what others use as well.

Thanks so much for the lead about GetClicky. I'm a Google Analytics user; however, this program is very promising and on my list to review tomorrow since Friday is my "try all things new and interesting" day.

The price is right, too.

Shirley

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by gcarson

Didn't know about the 'live look in' module for piwik. Have to check that out

Any ideas on how much of a load Piwik causes on your server? I left it one but took my other WP real-time stats plugin off as my host said it was causing issues cpu usage issues

I haven't noticed anything too substantial as far as load goes, but at the same time, the 5 sites I measure with it are unlikely to have more than 20 concurrent connections each at any given time.

I wrote Piwik up a little while ago if anyone is interested: 3 Key Analytics Strategies For Affiliate Websites | Kevin Webster