ko da andrica citam, recenica od po metra sa zarezima i preskocima a ja je gledam i ne shvatam. nista mi nije jasno u ovom odgovoru gore. do mene je vjerovatno.
reci ti meni prostim riječima zašto je bolji, koje su mu bolje karakteristike.
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Different products.
With Statcounter you always have the log to refer to, with all of the logged details. Analytics doesn’t provide that. You’ll only get interpreted stats.
Concerning how hits are logged, one main difference would be that Statcounter can log hits from javascript disabled visitors whereas Analytics cannot.
Another difference is in how unique visitors are detected and counted.
Statcounter uses cookies for summary stats to count unique visitors. If cookies are diabled then every hits from a visitor is considered unique. But Statcounter also uses IP addresses in detailed stats to group hits into visits from the same IP. If the visitor does not have a fixed IP then it will appear like hits from different visitors. While neither method provides perfect stats, they provide a very good approximation of reality and user behaviour. The log (seen as Recent Pageloads Activity) however provides a much more complete picture.
Analytics does not make the hit log available for scrutiny, so it’s not possible to know the entire story, you need to rely on various interpreted stats which may or may not be complete. Pretty they are for sure. But do you truly see a full picture of a particular visitor’s activity from entry to exit point? No, because you cannot focus on any one visitor - mainly because there are no IPs being shown either, no hit log to refer to.
The two tools are complementary, it’s the most we can say.
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Analytics doesn’t have many features that StatCounter has, it doesn’t tell how a visitor is navigating into your web site, how many pages the visitor views, the details of each specific page, visitor’s IP address, landing page, exit page, referral URL. It doesn’t have the features of Recent Visitor Map, which is my favorite feature. It doesn’t have the hour visit details and visiting pages that StatCounter has…
Google Analytics
This is a brilliant, aesthetically pleasing stats package. It has all the bells and whistles you could want and it produces fantastic, live graphs using Flash. The major unique sell point for this one in my view is the concept of goal tracking and monitoring organic (free) searches against pay per click campaigns. Analytics interface can be a little daunting and tricky to use at first, but you soon figure it out with the aid of the help references. This package is very much goal focussed so you can track what percentage of your vistors made a purchase or enquiry and focus on improving weaker areas.
StatCounter
This package is simple and powerful. The interface does not look as slick as Analytics, but it allows at a glance to see things like unique visitors, search engine phrases used and even allows you to see the exact path each visitor took through your site. It is very powerful and easy to use, but the limitation of the free version is that it only allows so much data to be recorded. If you check your stats every couple of days, this is fine, but obviously it would not allow you to look back historically over the last week, month or year. Easy solution to this though – you can pay for more log space and this starts at about $9 a month, so it is very affordable.
Conclusion
For pure slickness, you cannot beat Google Analytics, but I feel that this package is more suited to an e-commerce site or one that depends on a pay per click campaign. If your site does not sell products and is smaller, then StatCounter would be my choice because of its ease of use and ability to see exactly what path people take through your site. It is a case of horses for courses, but both packages are exceptionally useful for understanding more about your website and its return on investment.
I tried so hard to use Analytics from Google, but to be honest; it can’t hold a candle to statcounter. Am I missing something in why so many people seem to love it? I mean, I get the whole Adsense stats thing, but if you want something simple like how many hits, where they came from, how long they stayed etc, Analytics just doesn’t do it. What do you think?
I use both, Analytics good for long term in depth stuff, but is a day behind on results. Statcounter is updated hourly and provides some nice results.
I m using this both tool since long time, I can say both are different on own way. If you want to track visitors IP & all Searched Keyword Terms then you should to use Statcounter bcz you cannot see visitors IP Address And few searched terms now coming as Not Provided in Google Analytics. But problem is that, you can get only 500 data with free account in Statcounter and also you don’t have many features like Google Analytics.
Well i would recommend both. Stat counter is good in understanding visitors at individual level while analytic is good at understanding mass of visitors.