[RedEvo]

Originally Posted by Petnanny

Umm, excuse me for butting in, but does google analytics tell you how many visitors you have to your site each day?

If so, where do you put the google code on your website please?

Clicky and Google Analytics go at the bottom of every page just before the closing body element. If you have a static site it's a pain, if you use a CMS it's a breeze.

As Nass said, they cam slow your site down - that's site not sight

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[durham-productions]

Originally Posted by Cherrypip

It was far easier for me to get clicky working that google analytics to be honest and I like things that are nice and easy to get working! Also has everything on it that I need, nothing more nothing less. I love the spy option as well, very useful.

Easier than Google Analytics?

I currently use GA, but I'm interested in the white-label option.

[rgbartlett]

Originally Posted by nass

Yes it does - you put it on every page.

Can I make an observation for all you folks playing about with trackers. Obviously they're a vital part of analytics, but one thing you might want to keep an eye on is their performance. If you want to see this for free, there's a great free plugin on firefox called firebug and it'll give you a diagram of just how slow some of them are. To the extent that 80% of the pageload time can just be the fancy tracker (I've seen clicky and statcounter been quite slow for example)

Good point, but as a website user I've personally been more put off by ad site delays, nothing like looking at a blank page and seeing the status bar say "waiting for ads.blah.co.uk". If that happens more than once, I don't bother visiting the site again unless I absolutely have to, and I certainly don't buy anything related to those ads.

[Arleigh]

I would also recommend Google Analytics for monitoring and analyzing of your site because it provides more accurate and more detailed report.

[Mike]

I blame RedEvo for my spying obsession on clicky!

If ever I am bored, im itching to see what people are doing on the site. Its really clever actually!

[Alvin]

stats counter is king for SEO.

Earl

[UKSBD]

Out of interest, does everyone who uses stat counters tell people in their
terms and privacy pages?
I'm amazed there isn't uproar about the information statcounters provide.

[Indizine]

Why, does it fall foul of the Data Protection Act?

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Arleigh

I would also recommend Google Analytics for monitoring and analyzing of your site because it provides more accurate and more detailed report.

Provided by your friend and mine Google.I think not.

Earl

[UKSBD]

Originally Posted by Indizine

Why, does it fall foul of the Data Protection Act?

Google analytics don't allow you to use their system for collecting personal
information and it is also in their TOS that you tell site visitors about the
fact analytics and cookies are used.