visitor stats

[dunchutch]

hi all,

Just wondering if anyone here has any suggestions as to site visitor statistic software that works well for them? Obviously Zencart gives you info on customers and basic visits but if I want more what would anyone advise me to use? Is there an addon or is it best to use a separate piece of software?

thanks
duncan

[g1smd]

For nothing, you can use Google WebmasterTools and Google Analytics. They both provide a wealth of data about your site and indexing, as well data on your visitors and their actions.

Don't forget Yahoo SiteExplorer for more information about links, and Bing WebmasterTools with some useful information too.

[dunchutch]

hi thanks for that - I am putting google analytics on now. where do I paste the code it has said needs to be on all pages?

thanks
duncan

[g1smd]

It needs to go at the bottom of served HTML pages, just before the closing </body> tag, so that is does not delay the page from displaying in the browser.

There's a ZC add-on to add the code for you, or you can manually edit the appropriate file.

[dunchutch]

ok, I have put in into 'tpl_footer.php' is this correct? sorry to sound stupid!

[g1smd]

I usually add it directly after <!--eof- site copyright display --> in that file.

In Google analytics I also like to set two filters: one which shows page views only on the site's own domain, and another which shows page views only on other domains.

This latter profile will show searchengine cache pageviews as well as views of scraped copies of the site's pages.

[dunchutch]

thankyou very much indeed for your help. could I just ask one more question before you get sick of me?!

The code I have added is

<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-16234532-1");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}</script>

is this the right one? I have just noticed something about php pages which is different...

thanks in advance
duncan

[g1smd]

That looks good.

[dunchutch]

That looks good.

You are a a star! thanks very much
duncan