Web Analytics - Who Do You Prefer?
- Thread starter Betchips
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Despite my hatred of Google I still use them. This, however, comes highly recommended and I plan to be using it soon.
Web Analytics in Real Time | Clicky
Web Analytics in Real Time | Clicky
I was looking at clicky and also woopra. Anyone used either? I'd like real time reporting instead of the 24 hour delay on Google (why they can't simply make it update more often boggles the mind).
This thread looks to hold some good info. (It's where I first heard of Clicky.) http://www.wickedfire.com/traffic-content/98708-google-analytics-alternatives.html
If money is no object, Omniture Site Catalyst + Discover. Normally use GA though. I've heard decent things about Clicky, never used it myself though.
Agree.
If the OP is on a tiny budget Gogle Analytics is always a great choice, and you can integrate the funnel from your adwords campaigns until landing pages and conversion pages. That's great to be free.
If your budget is not a problem Omniture is the greatest thing.
Fully integrated with Adwords APIs, you can manage PPC campaigns and automatically disable campaigns with low conversions.
GA has gotten a lot better over the years, still not on par w/ Omni (but hey, it's free). The stuff you mentioned about funnels is gold. In addition to what you just said, there is a lot of functionality that the vast majority of people never use. Segmentation + custom variables + custom reports is one thing that jumps out at me immediately. If you're not segmenting when doing analysis, you're doing yourself a huge disservice.
More about segmentation here -
Google Analytics Releases Advanced Segmentation!! | Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik
More about custom variables here -
Custom Variables in Google Analytics
More about custom reports here -
Analysis Ninjas: Leverage Custom Reports For Better Insights! | Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Avinash's blog kicks serious ass. So much great insight around analytics there.
More about segmentation here -
Google Analytics Releases Advanced Segmentation!! | Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik
More about custom variables here -
Custom Variables in Google Analytics
More about custom reports here -
Analysis Ninjas: Leverage Custom Reports For Better Insights! | Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Avinash's blog kicks serious ass. So much great insight around analytics there.
I love GA custom variables and use the with A/B split tests.
I guess we are on the same wave.
I'm not happy with Clicky after the last design change. I think they are having issues with scaling because of growth.
The way they responded to the criticism from the community did not make them look any better.
I'm moving all my important sites back to GA.
The way they responded to the criticism from the community did not make them look any better.
I'm moving all my important sites back to GA.
I've heard good things about Woopra and Chartbeat... for those that need real-time analytics.
Been disappointed in Piwik's lack of goal customization. Other than that it's good, but I want to drill down on goals a LOT more like Google Analytics' Event Tracking does. Need custom variables... if I had that I'd be stoked.
Another vote for Piwik, I'm biased though because I haven't tried a lot of the others mentioned here. It gets the job done for me though.
I'll use both Getclicky and GA on the same site but each has it's faults. GA is definitely not behind 24 hours anymore, I've seen same day activity shown much sooner recently. GA adwords integration, custom reports, and goals are great, the only problem is it takes some time & expertise to get it all working if you want to really extend the power of GA.
Getclick is nice, does a solid job but over the years it's been a really slow progression of new features added, but cust. support is very good. In the end it's still a cheap alternative to get a snapshot of what's going on in past few minutes but no way do I use it to analyze history traffic patterns as I can in GA.
Other mentions, Woopra, Slimstat in wordpress are decent but like getclicky, pretty limited beyond your basic traffic stats.
Other than roll your own solution where you can control everything, especially if your dealing conversion tracking from multiple sources, it's tough to beat GA for all of it's features. Check out a few the GA books avaiable, definitely will expose you features.
Getclick is nice, does a solid job but over the years it's been a really slow progression of new features added, but cust. support is very good. In the end it's still a cheap alternative to get a snapshot of what's going on in past few minutes but no way do I use it to analyze history traffic patterns as I can in GA.
Other mentions, Woopra, Slimstat in wordpress are decent but like getclicky, pretty limited beyond your basic traffic stats.
Other than roll your own solution where you can control everything, especially if your dealing conversion tracking from multiple sources, it's tough to beat GA for all of it's features. Check out a few the GA books avaiable, definitely will expose you features.