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Webalizer Traffic Statistcs for your Website

To start with, avoid using a “hit counter”. Counters are misleading and don’t provide useful data about your website traffic. They can also be very dangerous if you try a “free” Hit Counter. I have seen dozens of sites infested with Trojans due to free hit counters. Just forget hit counters. They are good for decoration only.

“Webalizer” is offered by a lot of web hosts. You may have the option of installing additional server-side statistics software. Depending on your host, you can select one or more to use for tracking purposes.

Figuring out Webalizer. (This is a partial list of the most useful stats only)

Finding the Statistics

A bar-chart of your yearly traffic history will be displayed when you log into Webalizer. Click the name of the month on the table graph to view the details. When you select the month, you will see a thorough analysis of your website traffic. In fact, probably more information than you will ever use.

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