[analog-help] Questions about Analog

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To clarify on Aengus' second answer, the log files do not even have to be on 
the same server as the Analog installation.  I run all of my Analog reports 
on one windows box and use Samba to connect to my UNIX log archive store. 
Of course, the script that kicks off all of the reports has to run in the 
right security context to do this.

-kathleen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aengus" <analog at eircom.net>
To: "Support for analog web log analyzer" <analog-help at lists.meer.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [analog-help] Questions about Analog


> On Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:21 PM [EDT],
> Watkins, Maureen <WATKINS_M at students.lynchburg.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi,  I'm trying to do some research and I'm having trouble finding
>> answers to the following questions on the Analog site:
>>
>> 1. Can Analog report the screen resolution of the visitors to our
>> site?
>
> Analog analoyzes logfiles. If the screen resolution of the visitors to 
> your site is recorded in your web servers logfiles, then Analog can report 
> on that information, but web server logs do not typically contain that 
> information. (You can get the information into your logfiles in a variety 
> of ways that involve some sort of scripting on the server).
>
>> 2. Does Analog have to be installed on the same server as the logs we 
>> want to analyze?
>
> No. You can copy the logfiles from your webserver to whatever machine is 
> most convenient to install and run Analog on.
>
>> 3. Can it tell us our search engine rankings?
>
> Not unless that information is in the logfiles. It can certainly help you 
> to understand what search terms users are using to find your site, but I'm 
> fairly sure that there won't be anything in your logfiles that will 
> indicate your ranking versus anyone elses servers.
>
> Aengus
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