September 13th, 2010
Statistically Speaking
Not all statistics are invented. Some are generated by web log analysis programs running on Linux web servers. It's true!
One such program is awstats. And if you want to use it to glean fancy numbers from those web logs you have lying around anyway, these articles will show you how.
Generating and viewing awstats reports
Scheduling awstats report generation
If you're already using a javascript-based traffic analyzer like Google Analytics you can still benefit from awstats reporting. The two approaches to web traffic analysis are quite complementary. For example, Google Analytics won't tell you the last time Google spidered your site. But awstats will.
So work your way through those articles and get your own awstats reporting set up. If you run into any problems you can post in the comments, email us at support@slicehost.com, or hop into support chat 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Options are good.
As always, thanks for reading!
October 22nd, 2010 at 03:25 PM Sophia
very helpful,thank you
December 24th, 2010 at 09:21 AM Greet Verellen
As a newbie, I didn’t know about awstats reports. Thanks for briefing this and also giving tips for installing it. I like your posting.
March 21st, 2011 at 08:44 AM Nicholas Curtis
Is awstats compatible with Lighttpd and it’s web logs?
March 21st, 2011 at 08:21 PM Jered
Awstats will work with lighttpd logs. I’m pretty sure lighttpd uses combined log format for its access logs by default, and if that’s the case it’s just a matter of following along with these steps and substituting lighttpd file locations and configuration options for the apache ones I used in the examples.
October 28th, 2011 at 09:57 AM Manly
Is there any intersect in terms of tracking between Analytics and Awstats?
December 25th, 2011 at 08:51 AM Marquee Hire Sydney
Thanks for the intro will explore further articles and see how I go with setting this up.