Clicky Web Analytics 2.0, Alexa For Firefox
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I’ve been a long-time user of the Clicky analytics program, and they’ve just released a new dashboard. While I haven’t had the time to thoroughly explore– I must say it’s looking great. It borrows a page from some of the other popular stats packages in that it gives you all of your data on login at your fingertips, but with some beautiful ajax work.
If you haven’t tried Clicky yet, I must say you should give it a go. I use it alongside Google Web Analytics and it works great for showing stats that are much more updated than Web Analytics (real-time). I also have Urchin installed on my server (which is the same thing as Google Web Analytics but on the server side), but Clicky gets the job done with real-time monitoring. It’s also handy to have a quick, easy-to-access log so that you can see if you’re being dugg or stumbled or what not and make any necessary adjustments.
For all of you Wordpress fanatics, Clicky can actually track your commentators. You can also assign a name to a specific IP so you can follow someone more closely and get a better understanding of what they’re doing on your website. This is one of my favorite features, and is sure to bring out the stalker in us all.
Anyway, there are too many features to list here– if you’re looking for something to supplement your Analytics program, this just might be for you. There’s even a wordpress plugin! One thing I wish they would improve upon is their referral program… Cash money, please!
Alexa Releases Official Toolbar For Firefox
The arguments over whether or not Searchstatus extension for Firefox are truly reporting hits has all come to an end with Alexa’s new Firefox plugin. I wonder how this is going to affect the top 100,000 now that Alexa will be reporting more accurate results from those using Firefox (a strict demographic).
It’s small in size and actually shows a small flow chart of trends for the particular site you’re viewing. I must say I like it a bit more than the other options out there, and it’s obviously guaranteed to report back to Alexa servers. So, what are you waiting for? Download it now!
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haha nice post, i just might have to try that out!
I just installed the Alexa toolbar for Firefox. Looks pretty cool, although I’m disappointed that none of my sites make much of an impact upon the “trend” line!
Hmph. Clicky sounds super interesting. I might have to check it out!
Pickles,
I feel ya ;). I guess our blogs just haven’t been up for long enough yet.
The official toolbar is ok. I just disable the trend option so I can’t see mine hehe.
Some interesting trends to see:
http://www.simpsonsmovie.com
http://www.simpsonizeme.com/
I came across this the other day but didn’t think too much of it. Like always you convinced me to look into and use what I previously ignored.
I took a look at both of those you mentioned. The trend for both are amazing. Of course, it coincides with the movie hype but it’s still incredible.
What is the log size provided by Clicky, I am using GoStats.com , they provide a log size of 1000 visitors. I am not able to find any too with a bigger log size.
Looks like the Alexa toolbar is giving the Google toolbar a run for its money.
Personally, I think Google should investiaget using the ammount of traffic a site gets to influence their rankings. Although, it would probably wouldn’t be too difficult to emulate traffic with clusters of servers or proxies.