Questions about web site statistics

[Donna Reed]

We are tracking our statistics, but Web statistics are tricky for a number
of reasons and the numbers are not necessarily accurate.  A good book to
look at to get a handle on the issues is Web Site Stats: tracking hits and
analyzing traffic, by Rick Stout (Osborne McGraw) c 1997.

One version of our stats can be found at www.multnomah.lib.or.us/usage/

Donna Reed
Community Information System
Multnomah County Library
Portland, OR


 On Mon, 16 Jun
1997, Linda Plunket wrote:

> The web server our Library's web site resides on is capable of analyzing 
> and reporting many different statistics about our site and its 
> various files. The available monthly statistics include:
> Total completed requests
> Average completed requests per day
> Total failed requests
> Number of distinct files requested
> Number of distinct hosts served
> Number of requests per week
> Daily reports
> Domain reports
> Host reports
> 
> My questions:
> 1. Are library webmasters, or library web site coordinators, tracking such
> statistics? 
> 2. If so, are you only comparing these statistics over time, or 
> are you comparing your site's statistics to those of similar libraries?
> 3. If anyone could post sites of such comparisons, that would be most 
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks-
> Linda Plunket
> Coordinator of Library Training and Development
> Mugar Memorial Library
> Boston University
> 771 Commonwealth Avenue
> Boston, MA 02215
> 
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