A latest Open Source web analytics Software released under GPL license, Piwik can be called a neat and developer friendly tool. Though similar in functionality to Google Analytics, Piwik has many features. It is the new version of phpMyVisites and is supported by OpenAds.
Some of the fine features of this Open Source Software include:
- Open APIs
- Plugins Architecture
- Data abstraction layer
- Customizable dashboard
- Innovative User Interface
Piwik like Google Analytics uses javascript to collect users data and is not dependent on the web servers access.log file. Therefore, it completely eliminates the chances of any bad bot activity to be mistaken for a user. It can also be hosted independently on a separate server. Another advantage of Piwik besides it being open source and API friendly, you can further tweak it a bit, to show refers from Google Search, Google News Search, Google Blog Search as separate search engines. And all of this in real time.
Watch this video to see why Piwik is better than Google Analytics, clicky and its other competitions:
Certainly, it has the potential to be the world tool for the people who have privacy concerns with google analytics.
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There are so many Web Analytics software now. And it make me confuse which to use?
I think it is great if you write a comparison between these softwares.
i think it’s better to use google analytics
Me too, i use google analytic
Idon' know this tool, I use google analitivs but if you use Wordpres there are many wordpress plugin for tracking your blog
I've tried Piwik before. It works well, but it's too unwieldy to use.
This is actually useful for those who don't want to use Google for EVERYTHING!
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Is it only client side (script)?
Get Clicky is another one a lot of people seem to be switching to from GA… analytics is not what it was before.. you need to measure all types of stuff now.. like shortened url clicks, tweets, etc..
http://www.squidoo.com/best-abs-best-ways-burn-be…
I've never tried this before. I'll have to check it out to see if I like analytics or this better.
Good information in this post. thanks for the read.
A userful resource however I am not sure why you would use this over Google Analytics? Although saying this, one of your commenters may have already answered that question – "For thoose that dont want to use Google for eveything!"
I really like statcounter. I've used it for years, and it gives me all the information I need
thanks for the info, i use histat, or sometime Alexa but google analitic is the best
That looks like a great tool. I need to go try this one out now. I really like Google though, it's the easiest for me to use.
Hi, welcome to new analitycs programs, I think googleanalitycis is very good but not perfect, and think that it's better that big G doesn't have all our surfing data!
I’m pretty sure google has no way of actually accessing any of the Piwik stats on my server. I see what you are saying, and if it were true, it obviously wouldn’t be any more beneficial than using Google Analytics, however, I’m pretty sure Google or any other search engines will not be able to actually access Piwik at all. If anyone else has any opinion on this, I would love to hear it.
You should also give Open Web Analytics (http://www.openwebanalytics.com) a look. It's another open source alternative to commercial solutions. It tracks site usage, campaigns, e-commerce, and conversion goals. It also delivers usability analytics with it's funnel reports, click heatmaps, and mouse movement recording/playback.
Piwik is a great alternative solution to Google Analytics. You get piece of mind using something not being mined for user data.
its really good and informative site.
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piwik really is a step up. It is beautiful and easy to use. Very customizable.
I agree that Open Web Analytics is pretty cool. It seems to be very accurate. Plus its always a good alternative to anything Google.
waw, it's awsome,
how you do that?
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