New Web Statistics Software

PHLI used a package called Webtrends to track website usage from 2002 through 2005. In January 2006, we switched to a package called AWStats

AWStats reports are available for 2004 through the present via the SPH Intranet. AWStats offers the following advantages:

It runs automatically on the web server, updating usage reports in real time with no administrator action needed.
It provides more data on website usage including:
- complete lists of pages visited, referring sites, and search engines and search phrases used
- an updated list of the various web browsers and operating systems that visitors are using
- how many users bookmarked a page in the site
It does a better job of filtering out bogus hits.
Statistics for the same website for different months and years can be compared in the same report.
Statistics for sites with sections in two different locations can be viewed in the same report.
It can count hits to dynamically generated pages such as most-viewed faculty profiles, most-viewed "experts" keywords and most-viewed student resumes.
It uses tool tips to define terms.
It is free and open-source.

The AWStats reports contain valuable information on website usage for nearly all websites hosted at SPH, including:

Please feel free to contact Patty Bradley with questions at sph.web@umich.edu.

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