Article DetailsBefore You Buy a Web Analytics Solution |
| Date Added: August 14, 2008 07:22:37 AM |
| Author: pinby |
| Category: Computers & Internet: Internet: Statistics and Demographics |
If your business relies on your website for revenue or business, then you need to know what it's doing and how it's working. And that means tracking your site visitors and measuring the effectiveness of the site. It's possible to measure your site's success using your log files and a spreadsheet, but that's hard. You can use a basic log analysis tool, such as those that come with most Web hosting packages. Or you can get a software solution that integrates with your Web servers. It depends upon what you need and what you're willing to spend. Hosted Service or Installed SoftwareMost small business owners think that the only Web analytics that they can use is software they install on their local machine. But there are also Web analytics tools that are placed directly on your Web servers and tools that are hosted on an outside site.read more... |