Comments on: Obsessing With Traffic Logs

By: Ashburn va real estate

Ashburn va real estate — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:45:33 +0000

I think internet marketers are obsessed with traffic logs especially with newbies. However, i changed this habit and i only check my logs once a month. Spending time looking at those logs everyday is not really productive. You can allot that time to other task like researching on keywords and analyzing competition.

By: Statistics Guy

Statistics Guy — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:46:21 +0000

From all mentioned above, I really think that analyzing the keywords people are using to get to your site is the most important data that the logs store. Also note that it can be driven which words are NOT used to find your site, which might be important too.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:16:23 +0000

I think everyone has fallen into this drug like addiction that lures you in to your stats. You could be a mile away watching tv or something, and think in your head “I wonder how many hits I got today. What if I got 3000 by a popularity of one of my blogs? That could mean hundreds of dollars for me!”

I really think that addiction will always be there.

Cheers,
Mike
a href=”http://buildthatlist.blogspot.com” title=”Build That List”>Build That List

By: faraz

faraz — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:15:46 +0000

Hey, my habit is a little different. first i see my blog stats and when i see a new visitor. I go and check my adsense reports to see if the person had clicked or not.

funny, isnt it.

bye,
faraz
author of Self Improvement & Spirituality Blog

By: Online PR » High/ Low: The Traffic Log Dilemma - Promoting Goods and Services on the Internet

Tue, 09 May 2006 09:04:50 +0000

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By: Entrepreneur’s Journey » Website Metrics: Increase Your Visit Length

Entrepreneur’s Journey » Website Metrics: Increase Your Visit Length — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:52:55 +0000

[...] Web business owners enjoy some of the best tools for assessing the success of their website. In the history of business there has never been a more analysable tool than the website. Webmasters often get caught up with their website statistics, carefully monitoring daily changes (even hourly changes for the sick puppies!). Much of the attention focuses on the number of unique visitors and page views, which are important statistics since they tell you how many humans (or supposed humans) visit your site. Webmasters focus a lot of energy on those numbers that they may forget some of the other important metrics. One of the most important and often forgotten statistics is visit length. [...]

By: ~Dawn

~Dawn — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:39:57 +0000

Thank God, I’m not the only person who does this. But I kinda like my addiction… no support group for me.

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:26:03 +0000

I’m not to bad with my Awstats these days, although I do check most sites daily, its my Adsense ad stats that have me hooked, I must check them atleast 12 times a day, like somehow if I keep checking them they might go up quicker

By: Dominic Foster » Blog Archive » favicon.ico - Typo

Dominic Foster » Blog Archive » favicon.ico - Typo — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:24:07 +0000

[...] Yaro Starak recently Blogged about how he is sometimes Obsessing With Traffic Logs and I am not ashamed to admit that I am often obsessed with my Traffic Logs. I just find it so fascinating to see which countries my visitors are coming from (oh the joy when New Zealand fell to the 3rd highest traffic – most of it mine!), Which Web Sites they are linking from, and the Search Queries which people are typing into the Search Engines. [...]

By: Yaro

Yaro — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:41:10 +0000

It appears the illness is spreading…

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:46:18 +0000

/me raises hand.

What about checking google adsense reports multiple times a day? *grins*

By: Ronstaa

Ronstaa — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:14:38 +0000

Yaro I have the same bug I check everyday I love it but I need to control the daily checking. Some days I check every few hours.

By: Marketing Results

Marketing Results — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:38:40 +0000

Other addictions include:

Checking opt-in lists
Checking PPC conversions
Checking split test results
…
…
I gotta get out more

By: Mr Alborz Fallah

Mr Alborz Fallah — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:54:25 +0000

Nothing wrong with refreshing your webstats every 15 mins is there?

*refresh*

oh a new visitor…. .. wait.. don’t leave.. hey HEY!!.. argh!