Dedicated Server

Windows 2003 Server

AWstats Web Traffic Analysis Tools

AWstats is an advanced web traffic analysis tools that AUSWEB offers free for you to analyze your visitor traffic. The statistics analysis is re-run each night so you have an updated picture of your visitor profiles each next day. End-of-month snapshots are kept and are accessible for the prior 12-month period.

When analyzing your site traffic be particularly careful not to confuse "hits" and "unique visitors" (although hits is a commonly used term and highly ambiguous, it is inflated for any useful interpretation of data other than trying to impress people how popular your web site is). With the AWstats you can see what countries your visitors are coming from, what sort of browser they are using and even the operating system on their computer. Another handy feature is being able to see how people are finding your site, if they were referd by a search engine it not only tells you which one but also the search terms they entered to find your site. Information like this is very helpful when writing content for your site and SEO (Search Engine Optimisation).

The images below show some of the statistics displayed by AWstats

Demo for AWstats (opens in new window)

How to view your own Log Analysis:

1. Login to your Cpanel using your hosting account username and password
2. Scroll thru the choices and click on "Web/FTP Stats"
3. Then Click on AWstats