I started using google analytics a couple of weeks ago. It has a lot of cool features. You can view all the usual stuff such as:
Some of the cooler items:
A couple of my favorite features are the Site Overlay and the Map Overlay. The Site Overlay shows you your page with an overlay of how many times each link or image is clicked. The map overlay shows you a map of the wold and highlights the different areas where your visitors are from. You can drill down and even see which cities your visitors are in. I love logging in and seeing a new area highlighted
You can also export any report to PDF, XML, CSV, or TSV (I have no idea what TSV is).
You can add filters to exclude certain data from being recorded. For example, you can filter out your own IP address so your hits will not skew your data.
Configurable Dashboard so you can add all important information/reports you care about conveniently right on the front page.
You can schedule GA to email you any of the reports or the dashboard.
Another goodie, which I haven't yet had the opportunity to try out, is internal search stats. Apparently if you have a search box on your site you can see what was typed into the search box as well as what linked what clicked from the search results.
If you are a blogger and not using it already, it's definitely worth checking out.
- Number of visits
- Absolute Unique Visitors
- Page Views
- Amount of time each visitor stays
- Browsers visitors use
- Bounce Rate
- Which pages are hit
- Traffic Sources (direct traffic, referring sites, search engines)
Some of the cooler items:
A couple of my favorite features are the Site Overlay and the Map Overlay. The Site Overlay shows you your page with an overlay of how many times each link or image is clicked. The map overlay shows you a map of the wold and highlights the different areas where your visitors are from. You can drill down and even see which cities your visitors are in. I love logging in and seeing a new area highlighted
You can also export any report to PDF, XML, CSV, or TSV (I have no idea what TSV is).
You can add filters to exclude certain data from being recorded. For example, you can filter out your own IP address so your hits will not skew your data.
Configurable Dashboard so you can add all important information/reports you care about conveniently right on the front page.
You can schedule GA to email you any of the reports or the dashboard.
Another goodie, which I haven't yet had the opportunity to try out, is internal search stats. Apparently if you have a search box on your site you can see what was typed into the search box as well as what linked what clicked from the search results.
If you are a blogger and not using it already, it's definitely worth checking out.
It sounds like you're creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place.
Nice blog!