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Thanks, This is really useful. One thing I forgot to ask - those people using log analysis, do you filter your logs at all or measure every request, including requests from spiders and scripts that are crawling your site? I'd estimate that up to half the requests to our web servers are not real site users looking at web pages. We'd like to switch from log analysis to Google Analytics. There's some nervousness about the apparent drop in visitor figures. GA reports figures about half of those reported by web trends, but I think that could be evened out if we filtered our logs before running them through web trends. Has the diffrence in figures been a problem for anyone else? Jim >-----Original Message----- >From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >Behalf Of Sexton, Charlotte >Sent: 02 January 2008 12:12 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Measuring web site visits > >Hi Jim, > >We are currently using a combination of LiveStats (a log files analysis >tool) and Google Analytics. > >The plan is to ditch LiveStats and move all our reporting to Google >Analytics. > >In the longer term we will use Google for measuring our >success at meeting >specific targets... > >Best >Charlotte > >-- >Charlotte Sexton >Deputy Head New Media >National Gallery >Trafalgar Sq >London >WC2N 5DN >Tel: 0207 747 2850 >http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk > _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by Verizon Business Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.verizonbusiness.com/uk ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************