Advanced Website Usage Reporting with Open Source Tools

2/23/2006 11:02:10 AM - kuro5hin.org

O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! Those lines by Scottish poet Robert Burns reflect a desire to look through the eyes of another as a means of self discovery. This same desire burns in the hearts of every website creator: to find out exactly how people see and their web pages. The most commonly used web log analyzers provide an incomplete picture at best. But with a little effort, I was able to create my own analysis tools that provide great potential for finding out exactly how my web site is used. I'll describe my techniques for advertising and referral tracking, and follow that with a description of employing a relational database to perform deep analysis of how my website is used.

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