http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/website+analytics/default.aspxTags: website analyticsenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2011/09/29/statcounter-amp-the-free-web-analytics-market.aspxThu, 29 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:17659Pete Prestipino1http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=17659http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2011/09/29/statcounter-amp-the-free-web-analytics-market.aspx#comments<hr /> <p><strong><img style="float:left;margin:15px;" src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/statcounter-mini.png" width="75" height="75" alt="" />Website analytics provider <a href="http://statcounter.com" target="_blank">Statcounter</a> just launched several new features including a date-range comparison, the ability to organize websites into user-defined groups, and finally, the platform now also includes hourly stats of traffic trends. </strong><br /><br /> Statcounter, a free service aimed at websites with up to 250,000 pageloads per month, has been around the analytics market since 1999. Somehow it has managed to carve out and maintain a niche despite many, many vendors entering the now highly competitive analytics space. <br /><br /> &ldquo;Our goal remains to offer the most user friendly website traffic analysis to all our members ranging from companies, organizations and webmasters to bloggers and individuals,&rdquo; commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. &ldquo;The changes have been made in response to feedback and suggestions received.&rdquo; </p> <p>StatCounter is far from the only free website analytics provider. While many, almost instinctually, gravitate towards Google Analytics, there are quite a few others worthy of serious consideration. Some solutions which have continued to impress me over the year include&nbsp;<a href="http://www.reinvigorate.net/" target="_blank"><strong>Reinvigorate</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.getclicky.com" target="_blank"><strong>Clicky</strong></a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://Woopra.com" target="_blank"><strong>Woopra</strong></a>, <a href="http://piwik.org" target="_blank"><strong>Piwik</strong></a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mochibot.com" target="_blank"><strong>Mochi Bot</strong></a>, <a href="http://clicktale.com" target="_blank"><strong>ClickTale</strong></a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://visistat.com" target="_blank"><strong>Visistat</strong></a>, and <strong><a href="http://goingup.com" target="_blank">GoingUp</a></strong>.&nbsp;</p> <p>What website analytics system do you use? Let us know by sharing a comment below.&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=17659" width="1" height="1">analyticsstatcounterwebsite analytics