Webserver log analysis

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Webserver log analysis

Post Brend » Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:43 pm
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While waiting for a particularly long data import at work, I ran the apache log analyzer 'visitors'. I was a bit lazy, and just ordered the tool to do all analysis it knew. So some of the report is just a very long list of boring. So the results are a tad user-unfriendly, but there are some interesting things to peek at:


I think the paths thing has promise, but the tool doesn't create any further information (which is a pity). I might look into baking my own tool to create a nicer overview at some point in the future.

The most interesting report, to me, is the Google Keyphrases by first time: it seems that at some point in time 'poly(dioctyl-bithiophene)' would actually link to FWURG -- I estimate that this would be due to the Conductive Polymers corporation ^_^

I'm not entirely sure about the Unique visitors in each month (or the each day variant). If we really get that many unique visitors, I would expect more registrations. I think the tool's definition of unique is different than mine.

Can you people come up with things that would be useful to know, and that are related to how the site is used/accessed?
Post Mercury » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:36 pm
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How cool is it that someone searched for "poly(dioctyl-bithiophene)" as a search term and we were on the first page o_O - Also, how come 22% of visits to Fwurg are at midnight?
Post Elmer » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:47 pm
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because 22% of the time we have available for Fwurg is at midnight. :)
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Post Gerben » Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:01 pm
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Sundarians are pro ;) and their corporations awesome for promo purposes
Post Brend » Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:08 pm
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Mercury wrote:How cool is it that someone searched for "poly(dioctyl-bithiophene)" as a search term and we were on the first page o_O - Also, how come 22% of visits to Fwurg are at midnight?


That puzzled me as well. I have the creeping suspicion that maybe this tool isn't all what it's cracked up to be...

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