Working at Home on the Internet

I Need a Great Stats Package

 

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think I’m getting the Whole Picture. And you may not be either.

In looking at my FeedBurner Stats, as of today, it shows I have 71 subscribers to Working at Home on the Internet. Of course the are all feedburner.com/myblog, but in looking further into the statistics, I noticed this…

Web Browsers

Name	Hits
Firefox Although Firefox can be used as an RSS reader with its “Live Bookmarks” capability, these hits represent users clicking on your feed using the Firefox browser and do not contribute to your circulation numbers.	59

I realize FeedBurner only tracks what is subscribed to through their service. But, what are they picking up in the Web Browser stats? Is it people who are subscribers through Firefox on straight RSS feeds without the FeedBurner extensions? Are they FeedBurner links? (if so, why are they not included in overall stats?)

I subscribe to some Blogs using the straight RSS myself not using the FB link. Am I missing something from others who subscribe that way? How about Other RSS Services?

Add to that, the confusion of using StatCounter for Page Statistics. When I show a couple of hundred hits for the day, I’m not sure if that reflects those who are using RSS readers. Or does it?  Because there are often a lot of hits from Google reader or Bloglines, not to mention E-mail subscribers. Quite often there are hits from “No Referring Link”.

Does that mean that these visitors are being counted twice when I add FB and SC Stats? Or are they counting the people who view the page through their RSS reader (FeedBurner or not?) and click on the page itself? Are they somehow picking up on people who view through their reader and not actually clicking on the page?

I am so confused with so many Statistics Services.

What I am looking for is a Statistics Package that can give me accurate statistics on RSS Subscribers, no matter what service they are using. Pages visited, unique and return visitors for the Blog URL. Search Engine results, where they came from and what they were looking for. Where they go when the click away from the Blog. All of the information that is  available on using most of the standard services in tandem, but accessible in One Place.

Have any of you heard of such a package that will include everything an Online Business needs to keep track of the Total Traffic on a Blog or Website? If not, someone should write one, they would probably be able to make a good deal of money with such a thing. (Oh, and making it a plug-in for WP would be nice)

For a really good answer to my question, read DavidC’s comment in reader remarks. He explains the reality of Stats Packages.

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January 9th, 2007 at 06:06am | Posted by Joe | FeedBurner, RSS, Stastics, Suggestions | 13 reader remarks | Print This Post