WTF is going on with sitemeter? I have toyed with it for two hours, and can not figure out how to find out who is referring traffic.
This thing sucks. Does anyone have a suggestion on a replacement?
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WTF is going on with sitemeter? I have toyed with it for two hours, and can not figure out how to find out who is referring traffic.
This thing sucks. Does anyone have a suggestion on a replacement?
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bloomingpol
Daily Kos Mid Day Round Up is sending us to you.
pkanalyst
The only thing missing from this post is :”WE’LL DO IT LIVE!!!!” J/K
I’ve used statcounter http://www.statcounter.com/ with some success, but it’s a freebie so you get what you pay for.
Laura W
Forgive me if you know all this already, but they did a major switchover to a new whatever this weekend. Mine is totally gone from my personal site, but my cats still have one on their blog! Theirs does not click through to the stats page, however, but to the main sitemeter (new) homepage.
As I have about 5 of them on various sites, I did go thru this morn and get them all linked up to the same acct, allegedly, but still could not get the referral stats we are used to. I went round and round for a long while, before full caffination, and just gave up. I am just hoping by tomorrow it magically reappears and functions as it used to. (All mine are free and the basic models, btw.)
Rook
The referral information is called path report and is part of the premium package now. You can still find out who referred to you, but it requires a click for every hit. It is under visit report, and if you click on each entry, it expands and shows you tons of information, including the referral.
Laura W
Speaking of site traffic, this new post at Sullivan’s says a lot.
Sort of hints around the edge of the “intimidation” factor he hinted around the edge of earlier this weekend.
Good to see him on fire again over Palin, et al.
Oh [email protected]@K! It’s Ketel One O’clock and my tape is all rewound (yes, VHS) to SNL’s opening.
Cheers!
Laura W
Rook:
Does the basic, freebie package no longer give the detailed stats on referring link, out link, location, time spent, etc???
Blue Buddha
Sullivan:
Yep. When the marketplace doesn’t give you what you want, you must regulate the shit out of it to your favor.
Doctor Gonzo
Google Analytics for statistics. It’s very comprehensive, including referral info. And free.
Thom
i sent them a WTF? email. What a shitty change.
[email protected]
“Account Migration Issue”
Mike G
Hi John,
Google analytics is quite nice. You put a line of the code into your footer template and will get very nice reports.
http://www.google.com/analytics
Doctor Gonzo
I should probably clarify that I am talking about the Google product Google Analytics, not to Google the word “Analytics”. :)
Jim Morrison
I use BlogPatrol. All five of my daily readers are highly impressed at it’s accuracy. It would be even better if they were the same five every day.
gbear
I just came over here from trying to get into Americablog, but when that site comes up, it immediately switches me over to some kind of sitemeter search. I don’t think you’re the only one having troubles with it.
Just chalk it up to our crumbling infrasturcture. We’re all going to have to learn how to send morse code by flashlight if Palin/McCain get elected…
sean
Google Analytics. It’s free and it’s the best.
Laura W
If that is subtly directed to me, Dr. G, I actually knew what you meant.
I can see trees from my window! I am the forest!
(and thanks for the tip. Plan to look into it tomorrow.)
folkbum
Sitemeter is in the process of switching back to the old system. The new system apparently crashed under the load; I expect they will try to roll out the new system again once they work out whatever kinks caused the crash.
CrazyDrumGuy
I use Google Analytics. Works great in Google Chrome and is also compatible with Google Webmaster Tools and Google Reader.
Embrace the Google Hive-Mind, John. The Google Borg welcome you with open arms.
bago
Uhm, Take the IIS logs or whatever your web server is and run analytics packages on them? It’s not hard to parse, HTTP GET or HTTP POST, and your response.
The Other Steve
I think it’s broke.
JL
With Lehman’s pending bankruptcy tomorrow, will McCain state that the economy is too shaky to change course now?
Doctor Gonzo
That only works if you have access to the server software, such as if you run IIS on your own computer. Most webhosts don’t give you that kind of access, for obvious reasons.
The Moar You Know
Don’t panic – this is now up on Sitemeter’s page:
I guess they’ve been getting a shitstorm.
Notorious P.A.T.
Glenn Greenwald links here in his latest column.
protected static
Yeah, they done broke SiteMeter but good… I was able to log in and activate my so-called new-and-improved system and I gotta say – what a confusing piece of shit it is.
WIIIAI
Statcounter. The free version gives info on the most recent 500 page hits rather than Sitemeter’s 100 individual hits, info on users is sometimes more specific, and on the “visitor paths” page you can see who individual readers are, how they arrived at your blog, and what page they arrived at, info that Sitemeter keeps on separate pages.
Marshall
I use Quantcast for my site analytics – it is free, but better if you are quantified.
http://www.quantcast.com/balloon-juice.com
This site will give you a cool map of where people are coming from
http://whos.amung.us/
MB
You don’t have to stick to one. Me, I’ve had some bad experience with getting summarily locked out of my Google accounts (just *try* to get Google to respond to you as a human being), so while I use Analytics, I also use Statcounter (rarely a problem, there).
satby
The GOS keeps linking to you on the front page; every time that happens I can’t get Ballon Juice.
I’m becoming very fond of “WordPress Error” though, so it’s all good.
Laura W
Speaking of McInsane,
this has run two or three times in the last few hours on CNN.
Nice.
(Sorry if it’s in another thread. I can only read so many comments on so many threads on this site without feeling reckless, erratic and unfit to read.
Scott H
Why do you need to know?
Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink
MH
I’ve heard good things about Mint:
http://haveamint.com/
Not as easy to install as google analytics though.
Tim in SF
I use Google Analytics. There are wordpress plugins for it and everything. It’s indispensable and kicks sitemeter’s ass.
Ripley
John Cole broke the internets! And it’s all John Cole’s fault! (That’s what we Small Towners call meta-blame.)
It’s not nearly as troublesome with a glass of Rombauer Zinfandel.
hwickline
Nthing Google Analytics. It’s way more info than you actually need, but knowing down to the city who’s reading your blog in Turkey is always fun. And maybe a little scary.
Martin
Why do you need to know the traffic? Wondering who is so infatuated with WordPress Error?
But as noted above, GOS is killing you. Every time Kos links you to the front page (often, in the last few weeks) you last about 3 minutes and then go tits up for 4 hours or so.
Martin
Oh, and to answer the question, Mint is awesome.
Sine.Qua.Non
They are reverting back to their previous software. Says so on main page.
Sine.Qua.Non
John,
I like GoStats.
bago
It’s like 2 clicks to set your IIS logs to a particular directory, which can be a Virtual Directory link if needed so you can run your own analytics.
The problemspace is pretty trivial compared to my current project, running predictive analytics against a site that gets 5 million + hits a day.
slag
Count me among the Google Analytics users. Can’t go wrong with it.
Yet Abad
Google Analytics is good, but if you want something that’s pretty straightforward, Pmetrics at http://pmetrics.performancing.com should do the job.
Just Some Fuckhead
Fun game between the Bolts and Broncs. Except for Randy Cross, per usual.
Herb
As a lifelong Bronco fan, I hate it…hate it like John hates the Browns…HATE it when Randy Cross calls a Bronco game.
Conservatively Liberal
Yes, but they will let us use the existing fiber optic lines to send the flashes over.
For a fee. ;)
Rook
Sitemeter is restoring their old system. So, we just have to be patient and wait for the old interface to return.
The Grand Panjandrum
I haz intertrons.
BH-Buck
Teh SiteMter… it B livin’ an’a breathin’ agin.
carrie
Wandered over here from a stray link from FDL,
FWIW…
but I have to say, I kinda like it here, once I figured out that the blog name wasn’t wordpress error.
jcricket
Speaking of Sully, this is from K Lo’s house of crazy, via Sully:
Seriously, did I miss this? So Palin had sex outside of marriage? But it’s ok because she then got married? And her values were so strongly imposed on her kids that one of them did the same thing?
Isn’t there something about those in glass houses… Or maybe the one about logs and eyes. Can’t quite remember how those go, but I think they might apply here.
Fucking hypocrites.
Susan Kitchens
From Americablog: