This is more a curiosity question than anything else. I am very confused by the different analytics. What are they telling me and why are they so different?
Statcounter, google analitics, awstats, alexa and webalizer tell me very different stories. Why do they disagree so much and what is most reliable? I am assuming webalizer is the best source since it is directly from the server. Even webalizer produces what appear to be contradictory information. The stats do not copy very well but I assume many of you know how to read them. The part that is most confusing to me is how can I have more sites than visits?
Daily Statistics for April 2008
Day Hits Files Pages Visits Sites KBytes
1 21738 15.23% 15821 15.08% 4149 15.91% 1421 15.48% 1463 24.94% 293135 14.11%
2 20005 14.02% 15148 14.44% 3918 15.03% 1523 16.59% 1726 29.42% 298193 14.36%
3 19330 13.55% 15302 14.58% 3854 14.78% 1434 15.62% 1449 24.70% 313386 15.09%
4 21040 14.74% 15925 15.18% 3386 12.99% 1229 13.39% 1288 21.95% 294283 14.17%
5 16909 11.85% 12970 12.36% 3461 13.27% 1179 12.84% 1272 21.68% 263077 12.67%
6 22547 15.80% 13703 13.06% 3954 15.16% 1170 12.75% 1227 20.91% 308005 14.83%
7 17790 12.47% 15040 14.33% 3067 11.76% 1127 12.28% 1290 21.99% 283854 13.67%
8 3341 2.34% 1019 0.97% 287 1.10% 128 1.39% 154 2.62% 22953 1.11%
Statcounter, google analitics, awstats, alexa and webalizer tell me very different stories. Why do they disagree so much and what is most reliable? I am assuming webalizer is the best source since it is directly from the server. Even webalizer produces what appear to be contradictory information. The stats do not copy very well but I assume many of you know how to read them. The part that is most confusing to me is how can I have more sites than visits?
Daily Statistics for April 2008
Day Hits Files Pages Visits Sites KBytes
1 21738 15.23% 15821 15.08% 4149 15.91% 1421 15.48% 1463 24.94% 293135 14.11%
2 20005 14.02% 15148 14.44% 3918 15.03% 1523 16.59% 1726 29.42% 298193 14.36%
3 19330 13.55% 15302 14.58% 3854 14.78% 1434 15.62% 1449 24.70% 313386 15.09%
4 21040 14.74% 15925 15.18% 3386 12.99% 1229 13.39% 1288 21.95% 294283 14.17%
5 16909 11.85% 12970 12.36% 3461 13.27% 1179 12.84% 1272 21.68% 263077 12.67%
6 22547 15.80% 13703 13.06% 3954 15.16% 1170 12.75% 1227 20.91% 308005 14.83%
7 17790 12.47% 15040 14.33% 3067 11.76% 1127 12.28% 1290 21.99% 283854 13.67%
8 3341 2.34% 1019 0.97% 287 1.10% 128 1.39% 154 2.62% 22953 1.11%