Optimizing site using Website Statistic Report

nickgrnt · #1 (**permalink**) 04-01-09, 19:03

I know that normally website statistic reports are used to monitor your website visitor, no. of people visit your website, when they come, how they found your website and much, much more. But, i have also heard that one can use those report to optimize their site.
Could anyone explain me this?

carl owen · #2 (**permalink**) 04-02-09, 17:12

Yes, your website statistics report can help you to Optimize your website accordingly. As you find our the details of the keywords and Keyphrases used by visitors, Countries from where you get the most visitors, links from where you get the most visitors, Search engine used by the visitors, The link/article for which you have received the most number of visitors etc. As you get good information about the visitors visited your website, you can optimize your website accordingly by promoting different links and keywords which are mostly used. You can also submit your website to other Search engines from where you have received more visitors which would help you to get more traffic.

Hope this helps...

Macdale · #3 (**permalink**) 04-02-09, 19:26

Exactly, Carl is absolutely right. Statistics shows you the overview as well as the detail report of your visitors. You can optimize you site well by tracking the visitors locations, keyword and key phrase which are mostly searched by them. Also, it shows the error pages of your site to which robots were unable to find or crawl. You can fix them to get better results.

carl owen · #4 (**permalink**) 04-03-09, 13:30

Yes, you will also get the information about Dead links on your website through the website Statistics report. Once you get the reports about the Dead links on your website, you can repair those links as Dead links also make a Negative effect on the Search Engine Rankings and the PR of the website.

Macdale · #5 (**permalink**) 04-03-09, 18:00

The statistics also shows the operating system details that the visitors uses to browse you site. The exact use of it is that it helps you to make your site more browser friendly. This report tells you to ensure that your site works for those browser. You should check your site in each browser to make sure that it works good fine in them, especially on Firefox, safari, Opera and IE as these browsers are mostly used by people.

Joseph · #6 (**permalink**) 04-04-09, 18:54

You will also get information about the Duration for which a Visitor was on your website (However, it is not necessary that the duration is absolutely perfect). Once you get this information, you can develop your website so that Visitors are on your website for a longer duration and they browse more pages.

carl owen · #7 (**permalink**) 04-06-09, 13:04

Yes, if you are aware of the time for which a visitor has been on your website, you can develop your website and make some changes to it so that a visitor stays for a longer time on your website. Adding a Video or some interesting topics on your website can help you out to keep a Visitor on your website for a longer time.

MattBarthorp · #8 (**permalink**) 04-07-09, 01:01

Analyzing the traffic on a website is the key factor of SEO. One must study the behavioral pattern of the visitors, according to the conclusion, one must make necessary changes to the website.
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host1plus · #9 (**permalink**) 04-09-09, 10:18

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Joseph · #10 (**permalink**) 04-13-09, 17:59

The web statistics application you use can also make a very

e difference. AWstats is a very good tool for web statistics of your website. Google analytics which became famous now is also a good application for web statistics with excellent features.

Macdale · #11 (**permalink**) 04-15-09, 19:16

Similar to Awstats & Google Analytics there is another free website statistic service available called StatCounter. It is completely free and recommended service that provides a complete statistics report about your website. It also provides you a Google Map to check where your visitors come from.

carl owen · #12 (**permalink**) 04-16-09, 16:57

Yes, StatCounter is also a very good Web Stats application and it is Free of cost which is an added advantage. It provides a very detailed report right from the URL the visitor has used to Enter your website to the URL of your website the Visitor last visited and left your website.

I hope this explains the details StatCounter provides...

Joseph · #13 (**permalink**) 04-17-09, 12:50

Some of the Details provided by StatCounter are given below :

URL used to enter the website
Reference page
Keywords used
Path of the visitor
Length of the visit
Country, State, City etc. of the Visitor according to the IP address
Browser used
Operating system of the visitors system
Search Engine used by the Visitor

Hope this helps..