Web-site tracking software

[Nettie Lagace]

Jim,

The October 7 1997 issue of _PC Magazine_ reviewed seven analysis tools:

- Bazaar Analyzer Pro (http://www.bazaarsuite.com/)
- HitList Pro 3.5 (http://www.marketwave.com/) 
- IIS Assistant (http://www.go-iis.com/issa/issahome.htm)
- NetIntellect 2.5 (http://www.webmanage.com/)
- NetStats Pro (http://www.igsnet.com/netstats.html)
- NetTracker 3.0 Professional (http://www.sane.com/)
- WebTrends 3.5 (http://www.webtrends.com/)

I read the article in the print version, but PC Mag's site is
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/ if you care to try to find it that way (I didn't have any luck in a quick poke-through)

I've heard good words about Analog (http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/analog/), which I think is either free or very cheap, and it's definitely a UNIX tool.

-- see also the Yahoo! category 
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Servers/Log_Analysis_Tools/

I also looked very briefly at high-end tools like Andromedia's Aria and Accrue Insight, which did a little more than I really needed.  But it's nice to have a basis for comparison.

Hope it helps.
Nettie

Nettie Lagace
Business Information Librarian
Baker Library, Harvard Business School
http://library.hbs.edu/
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At 01:08 PM 12/22/97 -0800, c478923 at showme.missouri.edu wrote:
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>I'm looking for software that will track traffic at our website, which
>runs off a Unix server. Ideally, the software would be able to take the
>log files from the server and format them into a variety of reports,
>including statistics on monthly use, users, etc. I already know of HitList
>by Marketwave. Could anyone suggest any other packages that might be
>effective?
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>Thank you
>
>
>Jim Borwick <c478923 at showme.missouri.edu>
>"Brevity is the soul of lingerie"
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