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What is Log Analysis?

Log Analysis gives you information on how many people are visiting your website and when. A summary of your web site's usage over a period of time you specify is displayed in both graphical and tabular formats. From here you can see how many people vsisted your website and how many times a web page was viewed.

How can I run log analysis on my pages?

Log into the administration area for your web site. Click on Log Analyses for my pages in the My options section of the main menu page.

Select the dates between which you want to view the web site information and then click Send.

How can I tell how many people have looked at my pages?

When you run log analysis on your web site you will see a basic report on how many people visited your web pages and how many of these were unique visitors. log anlysis graph

You can also view the information in a graphical format for each day, or showing the visitors for each hour of the day.

What is a unique visitor?

Every computer connected to the internet has a unique address. This is known as an IP address. Using this IP address we can establish how many web page requests from unique computers your website received. This will give you a better idea on how many people are actually visiting your website.

A small red cross appears where the graphs should be. Why can't I see the graphs?

The graphs are produced and displayed using SVG (Scaleable Vector Graphics) files. Whilst some internet browsers (such as Firefox 1.5) can read SVG files, if you are using Internet Explorer you will require an SVG viewer.  This is available to download free of charge from Adobe.

How long is the log analysis information held on the system?

You can run analysis on your web site pages for any period of time since your website was created.

I've chosen to view my website statistics for the last six months and it's taking a long time to display the results. Why is it taking so long?

There is a lot of data to process so selecting a time period longer than one month will take longer for the system to calculate. 

What does total page requests mean?

The total number of times requests have been received by visitors to access a web page from your web site during the period you are interested in.

What does distinct pages requested mean?

The number of unique pages from your web site that were requested by visitors during the period you are interested in.