[analog-help] Question about Analog's data vs. Webalizer's"Visits"

[Orion Wood]

Adrian or Jeremy,
 
Are there step-by-step instructions somewhere on how to do what you suggest
with session cookies?  I am new to analog.
 
Thanks!
 
Orion

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From: analog-help-bounces at lists.meer.net
[mailto:analog-help-bounces at lists.meer.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy Wadsack
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 10:36 AM
To: Support for analog web log analyzer
Subject: RE: [analog-help] Question about Analog's data vs.
Webalizer's"Visits"



See http://analog.cx/docs/webworks.html for reasons why Analog does not
count visits. If you have something in your log files (like session cookies)
that count visits then Analog can count those cookies. Usually you would do
this by creating a custom log format where you assign the session cookie to
the user data in Analog and then enable the User Report (USER ON).

 

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Jeremy Wadsack

Seven Simple Machines

 

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From: analog-help-bounces at lists.meer.net
[mailto:analog-help-bounces at lists.meer.net] On Behalf Of Orion Wood
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 10:16 AM
To: analog-help at lists.meer.net
Subject: [analog-help] Question about Analog's data vs. Webalizer's "Visits"

 

Anyone,

 

I am a new Analog user, and have been searching the FAQs and other places
for the answer to this question.

 

I am trying to get data from Analog that can compare with the "Visits" I
used to get from Webalizer, so I can estimate a "conversion" to web orders
on my website.

 

Looking at the Analog report headings:

 


Number of requests

Number of page requests

 

it seems that the ratio of "Number of page requests" to "Number of requests"
(about 25%), is about the same as the ratio of Webalizer "Visits" to "Hits"
that I saw previously using Webalizer.  

 

Therefore, I plan to use the "Number of page requests" as a proxy for the
"Visits" I previously used from Webalizer, for comparison purposes.

 

Does this make sense, or is there something I can do that is better?

 

Thanks!

 

Orion

 

Orion Wood
35712 Sheridan Ct.
Newark, CA 94560         email  <blocked::mailto:orionw at pacbell.net>
orionw at pacbell.net
510-794-4284, mobile 510-209-1246, fax 510-794-4762

 

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