From: Beth Anderson (banderso@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 10 2003 - 08:54:33 PST
>Hi All-
>
>I have been asked to take a look at the weblogs from our website and
>report monthly on the amount of traffic on our site. We would like to be
>able to filter out the computers in our own office from the report. If
>possible, we would also like to be able to track the geographic location
>of the people who use our website. We are particularly interested in a
>breakdown of California by counties but other breakdowns would also be
>acceptable (i.e. California vs. other states or California cities).
>
>I would like to buy some software for a Windows XP PC that is not too
>expensive and not too slow and relatively easy to figure out. I have
>looked at a number of different programs that had free trials, but I was
>hoping someone who had used these could give me some recommendations.
>
>The ones I have looked at include:
>Net Tracker 6.0 - very expensive
>Log Analyzer 123 - seems good & not too expensive
>WebLog Expert - cheap & very easy to use but doesn't have geographic component
>Analog - FREE, fairly easy to use but doesn't have geographic component
>SurfStats - cheap & easy to use but VERY slow
>Http-Analyze- couldn't figure out how to make it work
>
>Also, I am a bit concerned about the validity of the reports produced by
>ALL of these programs. I realize that different programs have different
>definitions for hits, page views, etc. but NONE of these produced
>identical reports. Some fields (e.g. Unique IP users) differed by as much
>as 500 between the different programs.
>
>Any suggestions about programs to use & their reliability would be much
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Beth Anderson, MPH
>Biostatistician
>Perinatal Outcomes Project
>UC Berkeley, School of Public Health
>Berkeley, CA 94720
>(510) 642-8648
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