Re: Statisitcal package to count URL hits- Does it exist?

[Mark Jordan <mjordan@sfu.ca>]

Hi Liz,

I took your question to mean links to external resources, not to links on
your own website. One way of counting usage of external resources linked
from your site is to have all traffic in your library pass through a proxy
server, and then apply packages like analog (mentioned below in Brig's
email) to get statistical analysis of the proxy logs. You may want to ask
your Systems people about this option.

What I describe only works for users within your library however, and
would be difficult to implement for users who are not physically in your
library.


Mark Jordan
Librarian / Analyst, Systems Division
W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Phone (604) 291 5753 / Fax (604) 291 3023
mjordan@sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~mjordan/


On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Brig C. McCoy wrote:

> I've been using a nice package called Analog <http://www.analog.cx>. It's
> free, highly configurable, and works for UNIX and Windows platforms. I've
> got the handout from a presentation I did on Analog on my web site at:
> <http://world.std.com/~brigc/presentations/triconf/2001/>.
>
> Brig C. McCoy           Head, Systems Office
> Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology
> 5109 Cherry St          816 926-8749
> Kansas City, MO  64110
>
> ______________
>
> At 05:06 AM 6/7/01 -0400, you wrote:
>  >Wednesday, June 06, 2001
>  >
>  >Hello List:
>  >
>  >I am looking for a software package which can tell me how many times a
>  >link (URL) on my Library's home page was been selected.  Is there an ideal
>  >way to count hits and keep statistics?  (The electronic gate count of the
>  >future?) I am not inquiring about a link checker, but a program which can
>  >tell me how many times a link on the Library's homepage has been selected,
>  >besides keeping other statistical data.
>  >
>  >Thanks,
>  >
>  >Liz Lorbeer
>  >Collection Development Librarian @ Library of Rush University
>  >312-942-2282 (8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. CT)
>  >elorbeer@rushu.rush.edu <mailto:elorbeer@rushu.rush.edu>