Eve’s Eden
.-= Eva @ Eve’s Eden´s last blog ..Last Day Of School =-.

I love accuracy.

As a rule, statcounter seems to be a bit more strict (but always inside of about a 1-2% percent difference or so), when tracking unique visitors.

In that vein, statcounter not only shows total page views, but also unique visitors. I believe analytics does this as well but I can’t remember as I am still somewhat new to analytics.
.-= stylefyles´s last blog ..For Valentine’s Day…. =-.

I started with analytics, but, same as you, the it found my pages code but never fed me stats or updates. So I hooked my blog up through StatCounter, which worked immediately.

I never discontinued Analytics, however, and several months down the line, when prompted by a friend, I revisited the page to show my “Analytics Fail.”

Miraculously it was working (and had been for months)!

I’ll never know how that happy accident happened, but I’m glad it did!

Also, Intrinsically Florrie, like you I’ve been able to use StatCounter to see where my followers are coming from. Not only can you see their web traffic (how they found your site), but you can also see their exact location, to an (almost) creepy extent.

For instance, by clicking “Recent Visitor Map” I can click on the red dots and see the IP address and details of where the visitor is coming from. So, when I click on a certain tab that pulls up the name of the college my mom works at, in general, I can be fairly certain the visit is coming from her.

You can use “Entry Pages” or “Visitor Paths” to track visitor activity and see how they found your site.

So, Florrie, you are not mistaken!

Sorry for the long tirade, but hopefully this is helpful to anyone wondering how to track this info. To be brief, from the main page, just click the name of your blog (it’s a link) which will take you to a more detailed page. The blue sidebar has tons of features for you to explore!

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