Google Analytics vs TSOhost Statistics

Ciphon · 3 Feb 2011 at 20:20

Hi All,

I have my site with TSO Host, and have been monitoring my statistics over the last few days..

The stats that Analytics is giving me are far lower than the stats on the hosting page TSO give you.

Any idea's why this might be?

GravyMonster · 3 Feb 2011 at 20:29

Are you sure you're comparing the right stats? As in, are you comparing hits to visits?

Ciphon · 3 Feb 2011 at 20:44

Well, I believe so..

Do you use TSO?

It's the very front page stats on the TSO version vs the Analytics Dashboard

dave_a141 · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:35

Does every page of your website have the analytics code on? Also do you have any files that people could be downloading with a direct link so don't get tracked?

Ciphon · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:43

No downloadable files...

I'm using a wordpress theme, and just have the analytics code on the header.php - I thought this was included on all pages?

daz · 3 Feb 2011 at 22:42

Lots of people have adblockers or javascript turned off.

How much lower are we talking about?

Beansprout · 3 Feb 2011 at 22:43

GA always reports lower stats because general server stats include all sorts of rubbish - bots etc - and many visitors have adblockers etc which could block GA

Personally I find GA more useful for showing the 'real' traffic to my site, and Awstats is useful for a general overview.

Ciphon · 3 Feb 2011 at 23:10

daz said:
Lots of people have adblockers or javascript turned off.

How much lower are we talking about?

Well.. speaking relatively of my statistics, a fair bit lower!

I actually receive very few visits..

15~ a day on TSO Host (Is this AWStats?)
3-6 a day on AG..

What you're saying makes sense though..

blade007 · 3 Feb 2011 at 23:53

Beansprout said:
GA always reports lower stats because general server stats include all sorts of rubbish - bots etc - and many visitors have adblockers etc which could block GA

Personally I find GA more useful for showing the 'real' traffic to my site, and Awstats is useful for a general overview.

This.

Craig321 · 3 Feb 2011 at 23:57

Ciphon · 3 Feb 2011 at 23:58

Fair enough!

I'll follow GA then.. looks like my site is doing even worse than I thought! :eek:

Thanks all!

3dcandy · 5 Feb 2011 at 10:51

I'm sure we've discussed this before....your site is very specific, and great because it is specific! Just keep adding content and the visitors will come...

Also, take a look at your plugins for seo and sitemaps. XML Sitemaps is what I use and it's pretty good at keeping the major search engines informed when you make changes.
Also, take a look at the browser stats etc. and make sure your site is accessable to the visitors. One site I have has loads of IE6 users....go figure, but I try and keep them happy! But above all, keep the content coming and the post quality up!!!