Can there be difference between the stats from Google Analytics and Awstats?
That is what most will be seeing. Infact in most of the cases, Google Analytics will be showing only 1/3rd to 1/10th of the volume compared with Awstats.
Is this difference ok?
Yes. This is perfectly fine as they both work in a very different way. So infact if we are comparing their stats, we are basically comparing apples and oranges.
How does Google Analytics and Awstats work?
Google Analytics executes a java script on the client machine which is then used to log the information about the visitor on Google servers. Awstats works by reading the log files which are written by default on the website’s hosting server.
Why the stats from Google Analytics and Awstats are different?
There are tons of reasons why they are so different. The following are some of the few main reasons.
1. As said earlier Google Analytics expects the client machine to execute the java script. So if the client machine has restrictions in executing the java script due to security reasons, then those visitors will not be captured by Google Analytics. But Awstats will capture all visitors as everything is logged on the website’s hosting server.
2. Most of the proxy servers cache the webpage. So if a first visitor accesses a webpage using proxy server it is cached. When the second visitor tries to see the same page, it might be fetched from the cache in which case it won’t be logged on the website’s hosting server. Awstats will not see these visitors. The same logic applies when the client’s web browser has cache enabled.
3. Some browsers by default won’t execute the java script due to security reasons.
4. Firewalls can prevent the execution of java script i.e Google Analytics.
5. Spiders and Robots can’t execute the Google Analytics and they won’t be detected by Google Analytics.
Google Analytics is more for the non-techies and Awstats is more for the techies.
If your website is ranked say within the top 1000 results on google for a particular keyword, you can do the following to find the position of the website.
1. Change the “Results per page” to “100″ in Advanced search.
2. Now key-in the keyword to Google and hit the “Search” button.
3. Find the website name using the browser’s find tool. For eg: in Firefox you can use Ctrl+F and key-in the website name. If you don’t find it on the first page, then move to the next pages till you find it.
4. Once you find the website, move the mouse over the word “Cached”.
5. Check the message on the status bar. In the message the number next to “keyword&cd=” is the position of the website on Google for that particular keyword.
For eg: The position of LazyDomaining.com on Google for the keyword “lazydomaining” is 4 which is boxed in pink in the above picture.
Godaddy is offering one new .com registration for $2.19(including ICANN fees). I have just registered a new .com for $2.19, but i have a hunch it will work for .net or .org as well though i am not sure about it. You should satisfy the following conditions to avail this offer.
- You can only pay using Credit card or Check.
- Only one new registration for one account.
I didn’t use any Coupon code to avail this offer. I guess Godaddy automatically gives this offer for everyone. If it doesn’t work then try the following Coupon code “199BUYCOM”.
The main difference newbies should know about SedoPro and Sedo is that, SedoPro gives a higher pay($) for each click compared with Sedo.
Newbies are often caught on the wrong foot on this. They buy traffic domains based on traffic screenshot from SedoPro and expect the same revenue with Sedo. Worst case they won’t know there is something called SedoPro or fail to spot that the screenshot is of SedoPro. Whenever you are buying traffic domains based on screenshots make sure you clearly find, if it is from SedoPro or Sedo. If you are not sure, simply ask the seller. Most reputed sellers will mention this fact.
There are other differences, but this one is the most important as everything finally boils down to the revenue factor.
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