W3 COUNTER
FINDING OUT WHO IS VISITING YOUR
WEB SITE IS EASY WITH….
W3 COUNTER
FIND OUT WHO'S USING YOUR
WEBSITE, HOW THEY FOUND YOU,
AND WHICH PART OF YOUR CONTENT
ATTRACTS THEM.
I have recently chosen the web tool called
W3counter. I have chosen this tool because the
company which i will be helping is my family
business which is tourism orientated. Since the
company is selling a PRODUCT it is great to know
certain things about the demographics of
customers.
A lot of customers do not like participating in
questionaries and it can often be quite hard to find
out certain details about the customers.
With the W3 counter we can find out a lot about
the customers but more importantly we can find
out exactly what we want to know about the
customer such as Where the customer is from,
what the customer was searching for when they
found our page. ( which can help with future
product marketing). and also certain other little
aspects like how many times they clicked on a
particular link and how long they spent on the
page.
I know this is not a particularly technical tool but
if you are managing a web page for a customer your
main income can often come from site management
and maintenance.
With this tool in your inventory you could
potentially charge the customer for marketing
research and other useful information that most
businesses would be very interested in finding out.
On the other hand you could also give the customer
access to this feature without letting them into the
control panel feature where they can do damage.
Installation
A HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF TRAFFIC TO YOUR SITE ON A DAILY,
WEEKLY OR MONTHLY BASIS. VIEW THE UNIQUE VISITS, RETURN
VISITS AND PAGE VIEW COUNTS FOR YOUR SITE OVER ANY DATE
RANGE.
RECENT VISITORS
A REAL-TIME SPY FOR YOUR WEBSITE — SEE THE RECENT VISITORS TO
YOUR SITE, THEIR IP ADDRESS AND COMPUTER INFORMATION, AND
FOLLOW THEIR PATH THROUGH YOUR SITE.
RECENT REFERRERS
SEE WHAT SITES ARE SENDING YOU TRAFFIC TODAY WITH A LIST
OF THE MOST RECENT REFERRING URLS.
RECENT SEARCHES
RECENT SEARCHES SHOWS
EXACTLY WHAT KEYWORDS PEOPLE
ARE SEARCHING FOR WHEN THEY FIND YOUR SITE.
TWITTER MENTIONS
FIND OUT WHO'S TALKING ABOUT YOU ON TWITTER. WE
AUTOMATICALLY MONITOR TWITTER FOR MENTIONS OF YOUR
WEBSITE URL IN TWEETS AROUND THE WORLD.
LOCATIONS MAP
DISCOVER WHERE YOUR WEBSITE VISITORS ARE LOCATED WITH
THIS TOP COUNTRIES REPORT AND GOOGLE MAPS OF RECENT
VISITORS' LOCATIONS.
TIME ZONES
MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT WHEN TO PUBLISH NEW CONTENT
AND DISCOVER WHEN YOUR SITE IS MORE ACTIVE WITH THIS MAP
SHOWING THE TIME ZONE DISTRIBUTION OF YOUR TRAFFIC.
LANGUAGES
KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME TO INVEST IN ALTERNATE LANGUAGE VERSIONS
OF YOUR SITE WITH THIS REPORT DETAILING THE LANGUAGES YOUR
VISITORS PREFER.
WEB BROWSERS
SEE HOW THE BROWSER WARS ARE RAGING ON YOUR OWN SITE —
WHICH BROWSERS ARE MOST POPULAR, BOTH BY FAMILY (I.E. INTERNET
EXPLORER OR FIREFOX) AND BY SPECIFIC VERSIONS.
OPERATING SYSTEMS
AN INTERACTIVE PIE CHART AND TABLE OF THE TOP OPERATING
SYSTEMS YOUR SITE VISITORS USE.
SCREEN RESOLUTIONS
DETERMINE HOW WIDE YOUR SITE DESIGN SHOULD BE TO FIT ON YOUR
TRAFFIC'S MONITORS, OR WHAT PORTION OF THE PAGE IS ABOVE THE
FOLD, WITH THIS REPORT OF THE TOP MONITOR SCREEN RESOLUTIONS.
COLOUR DEPTHS
A REPORT OF THE TOP COLOUR DEPTHS USED BY YOUR VISITORS'
MONITORS.
JAVASCRIPT SUPPORT
SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR VISITORS WILL ENCOUNTER
PROBLEMS USING JAVASCRIPT CODE ON YOUR WEBSITE BECAUSE IT'S
DISABLED IN THEIR BROWSERS
TOP PAGES
LEARN WHICH OF YOUR CONTENT IS MOST ENGAGING WITH THIS
REPORT OF THE MOST VIEWED PAGES.
ENTRANCE PAGES
FIND OUT WHAT PAGES ARE BRINGING IN NEW VISITORS MORE THAN
OTHERS — THE ENTRANCE PAGE REPORT TEACHES YOU WHAT PAGES
ARE MOST OFTEN THE FIRST VIEWED WHEN A VISITOR FIRST FINDS
YOUR SITE.
EXIT PAGES
KNOW WHAT PAGES OF YOUR SITE NEEDS THE MOST WORK WITH THE
EXIT PAGES REPORT. IT'S YOUR CONTENT ORDERED BY THE HIGHEST
BOUNCE RATE — THE PAGES PEOPLE VIEW MOST OFTEN RIGHT BEFORE
LEAVING YOUR SITE
CLICK OVERLAY
SEE YOUR OWN WEBPAGE WITH CLICK-THROUGH DATA
OVERLAID ON TOP OF ALL THE LINKS AS COLOR-CODED
INFORMATION MARKERS.
CLICK LIST
A LIST OF THE TOP LINKS CLICKED ON ANY PAGE OF YOUR
WEBSITE
VISIT LENGTH
THE VISIT LENGTH REPORT WILL SHOW YOU HOW MANY
MINUTES VISITORS ARE SPENDING ON YOUR SITE.
VISIT DEPTH
VISIT DEPTH SHOWS YOU HOW DEEP — HOW MANY LINK CLICKS
— YOUR VISITORS ARE EXPLORING INTO YOUR SITE.
TOP REFERRERS
FIND OUT WHAT THE TOP SOURCES OF TRAFFIC TO YOUR SITE
ARE WITH THIS REPORT OF TOP REFERRING URLS AND
REFERRING DOMAINS.
TOP SEARCH ENGINES
SEE THE SEARCH ENGINE WAR BEING WAGED WITH THIS REPORT
BREAKING DOWN HOW MUCH TRAFFIC TOP SEARCH ENGINES ARE
SENDING TO YOUR SITE.
TOP SEARCHES
DISCOVER THE ACTUAL SEARCHES PEOPLE ARE MAKING AT
SEARCH ENGINES WHEN THEY FIND AND CLICK THROUGH TO
YOUR SITE.
FEEDBURNER STATS
TRACK READERSHIP OF YOUR RSS FEEDS WITH FEEDBURNER,
AND VIEW YOUR LATEST CIRCULATION, REACH AND FEED ITEM
HITS IN W3COUNTER AS WELL
COMPETITOR COMPARISON
Competitor comparison
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Visitor Demographics
Referring Sources
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Log Size
Real-time Reporting
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Individual Visitor
Details
Visitor Labeling
Click Overlays
FeedBurner RSS
Stats
Secure Tracking Code
Track Bounce Rates
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JavaScript
Public Stats Available
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