I installed the site-wide metrics offered by Performancing.com the other week and I must say, I’ve been VERY HAPPY with the results.
One of my gripes with Google Analytics is that you have to wait until 10:00PM PST to get your daily numbers. pMetrics gladly offers live results along with each users action (where they went and from where they came).
The main metrics page shows large graphs for visitor, pageview and the average length in minutes that those users spent on your site. Smaller graphs exist in a sidebar that display what content people visited, incoming links, and top search query leads for your site.
More detailed pages are of course available. Click on “Visitors” for more information about the people visiting your site; “Actions” for more information about what those people did.. My favorite page is the“Spy” tool which allows you to see virtually real time data of user activity on your site. Other pages include “Content”, “Links” and “Searches”. There is even an RSS feed for your statistics (does Google offer that?? I’d have to check).
Interface-wise, I must say that as clean as the layout of the new Google Analytic screens are, I actually think Performancing’s Metrics look better and are even cleaner if you can believe that!
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that I plan on ditching Google Analytics anytime soon but without question pMetrics by Performancing has become my tool of choice when it comes to analyzing traffic data.
For those of you hard core stat nerds, pMetrics offers a “premium” account with features like tracking and naming users according to IP. That sounds pretty cool and I may decide to support the product if I find myself becoming dependent on it (support good webapps!!).
Try out pMetrics.. I guarantee you’ll love it! Oh and if you decide you do.. feel free to link here and share the love. Otherwise, if you don’t like it, drop a comment here and share what you’ve learned.
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I’m gonna give this a try. One thing that bugs me about google analytics is that I cant weed out my own IP. I really dont care how much I go to the site, or how long I stay. That it affects the rest of the averages is even more annoying.
Let me know how you like it. For Analytics I use the tantan’s plugin which allows you to select whether you track an admin’s traffic. I find this to be very successful with weeding out my own footprints.