Comments on: Good Site Stats: When Is a Blogger Like a Bat? http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/20/good-site-stats-when-is-a-blogger-like-a-bat/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Douglas Cootey http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/20/good-site-stats-when-is-a-blogger-like-a-bat/#comment-62172 Douglas Cootey Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:54:12 +0000 #comment-62172 My daughter's domain host (bluehost) uses AWStats. I really enjoy it's in depth reporting. In fact, I will probably switch to Bluehost when my domain's year is up this April. I use Blogger.com for my blog. I've been thinking of switching over to WordPad so I'll find your notes interesting. They may not correlate exactly but I'm looking forward to any tips you might be willing to share. My daughter’s domain host (bluehost) uses AWStats. I really enjoy it’s in depth reporting. In fact, I will probably switch to Bluehost when my domain’s year is up this April.

I use Blogger.com for my blog. I’ve been thinking of switching over to WordPad so I’ll find your notes interesting. They may not correlate exactly but I’m looking forward to any tips you might be willing to share.

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/20/good-site-stats-when-is-a-blogger-like-a-bat/#comment-60899 Amy Gahran Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:38:35 +0000 #comment-60899 Thanks, Beth & Koan Re: converting Typepad to Wordpress -- well, I guess I'll write about that when I do it! Koan, thanks for the deeper context on AWstats. It's reassuring to know that someone who's very familiar with the server side of the net supports my choice. Now I just wish Westhost would pre-install AWstats, so their customers wouldn't have to rely on the kindness of geeky strangers :-) - Amy Gahran Thanks, Beth & Koan

Re: converting Typepad to Wordpress — well, I guess I’ll write about that when I do it!

Koan, thanks for the deeper context on AWstats. It’s reassuring to know that someone who’s very familiar with the server side of the net supports my choice.

Now I just wish Westhost would pre-install AWstats, so their customers wouldn’t have to rely on the kindness of geeky strangers :-)

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: Koan Bremner http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/20/good-site-stats-when-is-a-blogger-like-a-bat/#comment-60776 Koan Bremner Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:49:29 +0000 #comment-60776 I echo your comments about AWStats - I think it offers an excellent level of analytics. I also think it is not the easiest package in the world to get installed and up and running - initially, I installed it on a Windows laptop, which was relatively painless (because I have years of Windows OS experience, and intimate knowledge of IIS) - although I was never able to get the suggested IP address to Country modules to run correctly. When I migrated to Mac OS X, I found the installation more difficult - but that was because I knew nothing about Apache, and had to learn fast. Once I had AWStats installed and running (including the aforementioned IP address to country modules, which were a breeze to compile on OS X) I had the level of analytics I was used to, and a greater understanding of OS X, Perl and Apache to boot! ;-) As it happens, I'm not currently using AWStats - when I migrated my blog to a commercial host, that host does not provide me with direct access to the logs (at least, not on the pricing package I use). The free analytics they *do* provide, though less comprehensive than AWStats, are sufficient for my current needs. If those needs change, I would go back to AWStats in a moment - either by paying for direct log access, or by switching to another host. I echo your comments about AWStats - I think it offers an excellent level of analytics. I also think it is not the easiest package in the world to get installed and up and running - initially, I installed it on a Windows laptop, which was relatively painless (because I have years of Windows OS experience, and intimate knowledge of IIS) - although I was never able to get the suggested IP address to Country modules to run correctly. When I migrated to Mac OS X, I found the installation more difficult - but that was because I knew nothing about Apache, and had to learn fast. Once I had AWStats installed and running (including the aforementioned IP address to country modules, which were a breeze to compile on OS X) I had the level of analytics I was used to, and a greater understanding of OS X, Perl and Apache to boot! ;-)

As it happens, I’m not currently using AWStats - when I migrated my blog to a commercial host, that host does not provide me with direct access to the logs (at least, not on the pricing package I use). The free analytics they *do* provide, though less comprehensive than AWStats, are sufficient for my current needs. If those needs change, I would go back to AWStats in a moment - either by paying for direct log access, or by switching to another host.

]]> By: Beth Hayden http://www.contentious.com/2006/02/20/good-site-stats-when-is-a-blogger-like-a-bat/#comment-60736 Beth Hayden Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:24:17 +0000 #comment-60736 Amy: Any tips on trying to convert a blog from Typepad to Wordpress? Do you have to bring every single post over by hand, or is there some slick conversion thing I don't know about? --Beth Amy:

Any tips on trying to convert a blog from Typepad to Wordpress? Do you have to bring every single post over by hand, or is there some slick conversion thing I don’t know about?

–Beth

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