Chapter 11

Collecting traffic, audience, and campaign data

Hit counters: a hit counter is a small piece of software that can be added to a web site to provide a few basic metrics. It measures the number of visits to the site.

Server log files: server log files are created by the server that houses the web site. Each time a browser requests a file in order to build a web page, it generates an entry in the server request log.

Retrieving the data:

Report Dashboard – customizable display of summary data on a computer screen

Marketing Campaign Reports – Marketers are able to select reports to view

Browser-Based Reports – Users subscribe to the service, enter the page in the site and data will be displayed

Audience measures provide data about the people who visit the site:

-visitors: the number of people who visit the site

-total (includes multiple visits) or unique (different people) during a specified time frame

-unidentified (anonymous) or identified (registered or customer)

-unduplicated audience: the vistors that are unique to a web site

-behavior on the site

-number of page views

-session time

-path through the site

-shopping cart abandonment

-entry page

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