Is AWStats accurate?

Is AWStats accurate?

Is AWStats accurate?

AWStats maintains a list of IPs that belong to spiders or crawlers, but this list might not always be exhaustive, so, it is not cent per cent accurate. AWStats counts users by their IP addresses while Google analytics uses browser specific cookies for reporting the same.

Does AWStats use cookies?

To use AWStats you do not need to perform setup or add code to the website. Also, this tool does not use HTTP cookies or JavaScript code from the visitors’ browsers. Instead, AWStats tracks visitors based on their IP addresses. IP addresses are retrieved from the web server logs.

What is Webalizer in Cpanel?

Advertisements. Webalizer is a complex statistics based program, which produces a variety of charts and graphs about who has visited your website. This is a sort of analyzer that shows you the data in the form of graphs and pie charts.

How do I check Webalizer?

To view Webalizer statistics, click View for the domain that you wish to view. A new interface will appear and display a graph and a summary of the Webalizer traffic statistics for that domain. To view detailed monthly statistics, click that month’s link.

Where does AWStats store data?

AWStats statistics database files are saved in directory defined by the DirData parameter in configuration file. With data in log file “/pathtoyourlog/yourlog.

How do I install webalizer on Windows?

WEBALIZER CONFIGURATION (single domain)

  1. Create a central directory for the webalizer configuration files. mkdir /etc/webalizer.
  2. Create two webalizer configuration files, a.example.conf from the sample file and put it into /etc/webalizer directory.
  3. Modify LogFile, OutputDir and HostName of the webalizer config files.

What is the difference between Webalizer and AWStats?

According to Webalizer this site had 135,352 visits in July whereas Awstats only has 30,035! Look at the number of pages served in July. Webalizer has this site serving 333,461 whereas Awstats has it only serving 178,395.

What is the difference between AWStats and Google Analytics?

Google’s Analytics collects statistics ONLY for Google search engine, AWStats collects statistics of all search engines (at least in theory!) Loading… Ronsays: March 18, 2010 at 12:53 pm

Are server log based statistic solutions better than Google Analytics?

I personally have come to the conclusion that server log based statistic solutions like Awstats or Webalizer are superior solutions over Google Analytics and other JavaScript and page tagging solutions. I am in the process now of moving Google Analytics off my blog due to its terrible inaccuracy.

Why do the differences in server packages differ in performance?

The differences in server packages differ because whoever set the standard for crunching in separate was explained above in that someone arbitrarily said this is relevant this way and not.