Questions tagged [web-analytics-tools]

Web analytics software and methodology

Incudeing, but not limited to tools for:

  • Analytics Packages
  • Heat Maps
  • Clicktracking
  • Call tracking
  • Competitive analysis
  • Visulization
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When is Google Analytics not good enough?

I'm trying to determine why an enterprise wouldn't want to use Google Analytics. Here are the main reasons I've seen mentioned: Inability to track clients that have Javascript disabled. Lack of ownership of the statistics - Google owns the…
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Alternative to google analytics that runs on ASP.NET and doesn't use IIS logs?

I need a hit counter for my various pages, but I can't use google analytics (my client isn't ready for cloud computing) and I can't use anything that requires access to the IIS logs (the server administrator owns them and doesn't want to give them…
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Is there a Event Analytics Abstraction Layer for Javascript?

I was wondering if there was an adapter library for Javascript to make integrating tools like Google Analytics, Kissmetrics, mixpanel, Chartbeat, gaug.es, etc easier. Something like SLF4J, but for event tracking. We are evaluating different tools,…
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Server side analytics

Anyone know any server side analytics tools? I've heard of awstats, webalizer, and urchin. The last of which is expensive. Are awstats/webalizer really the only free tools out there? It seems like there's an incredible hole in the analytics market,…
Roger
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Any Good Opensource Analytics front end tool?

Is there any good open source web-based front end analytics tool that can talk to HIVE/HDFS for data ?
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What other web analytics tools are out there?

What other web analytics tools people use other than google analytics?.
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Building a javascript web analytics tool from scratch

I am fairly new to javascript, I do know basics. I am looking to build my own (from scratch) java script library just like google analytics.js that will track user behavior on websites. Basically I'm looking to collect data like Click through…
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Delay when publishing a new GTM container version

I am wondering how many hours does it takes to a new publishing version of a Google Tag Manager container to take in consideration the modifications ? I tried to find the answer without result... Thanks by advance for your help. Coki
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Can I push events to Eloqua like Google Analytics?

With Google Analytics I can push a custom event to the service with code like this in JavaScript: _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Videos', 'Play', 'Gone With the Wind']); Is there a way to do this with Eloqua in conjunction with their JavaScript…
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How do the web analytics tools work?

I am in process of gathering information about web analytics tools (like Google Web Analytics) for my next assignment, but I am not able to find any good information. I am looking for: Key terms used. What all mediums are available for data…
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SiteCatalyst : Tracking Custom links on Webkit browsers

My query is that I have a link that redirects to another page. In webkit browsers, how to force the sitecatalyst server call (script execution) to finish before the redirect happens? I am using sitecatalyst for a portal. I have configured the custom…
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Google Analytics - visitor-level custom variable issues and observations

I use Facebook JSSDK (i.e client-side) to verify who the current user to my web-app is. Code looks something like this: ... inited google analytics ... ... //events *before* authentication _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'TEST',…
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what analytic tool can I use for tracking exactly what users click

Please advise what tool can I use to track what user is exactly clicking i.e. click-streams – to view the actual click-stream of each visitor. I came across "rail stat" but it seems outdated (09'). I also saw "clicky" but am unsure if I can see…
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Tracking organic search traffic in Google Analytics for iOS

I am using Google Analytics to track the behavior of the users in my iOS app. However, if a user uses a search engine (like Google) on his / her phone, tabs on a search result and gets into the iOS app - Google Analytics assigns "(direct)" as source…
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How do I keep track of how many times an external link is clicked?

I have a site affiliated with a university and we want to link to another site that has a certain teaching program. How can we track the number of times this link has been clicked from within our website?
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