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Web Analaytics

Web analytics is the analysis of your website to determine how many page views you're getting, where those readers are going, and what they are clicking on. Web analytics covers log analysis, referrals, page views, and clicks or hits. The articles and links in this section will help you track your Web pages.
What Web Metrics to Track
There are lots of metrics you can track on a website. You can start with pageviews and delve into visitors, time spent on site, entry and exit pages, social media links, inbound links, outbound traffic, and so much more. So how do you decide what to track and what's important information and what's fluff.
What analytics do you use - What Web analytics do you track o…
What Web analytics do you track on your website? Find out what other About.com readers track on their sites and why they find those analytics important.
What Web Analytics Can be Tracked
There are lots of different metrics that can be tracked on a website. These Web analytics are all metrics that can be tracked and there are various reasons why you might want to follow them on your site.
Use Your Search Statistics to Improve Your Site
Many Web developers use their website statistics to evaluate how their pages are doing and improve their sites. But one statistic that is often overlooked is the search results. The statistics your search engine provides can be a valuable tool for improving your website.
Web Analytics Basics - Web Metrics - Web Measurement
Web analytics - learn to talk the talk when setting up web measurement so that you can get the most out of your Web metrics
Web Analytics: How to Use Web Analytics Effectively
Web analytics can be very confusing, as there are many ways you can evaluate your Web site. But it's important to be systematic when reviewing your Web analytics so that you can get the most out of them. The best thing that Web analytics can do for you is to help you improve your Web site.
Tracking Web Page Views
Almost from the day that the Web was invented, people wanted to track information about the pages delivered and the computers requesting that information. This is stored on Web servers as log files - usually in Common Log Format (CLF) or Combined Log Format.
Referrer - What is a Referrer - How to HTTP Referers Work?
Referrers or HTTP Referers are anything online that drives visits and visitors to your Web site.
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