I use StatCounter on my CafePress stores.  I tried to install it on my lenses but wasn't sure how to insert the code because of the java script.  But I see now they have an HTML code.  However the description says:

"It is not recommended to choose this option as it will not be possible to record the referring link, page title and other information. Only choose this if you web host does not allow you to insert javascript into your webpage. We recommend you move to a web host that will give you proper access to your website."

So, I'm not sure how much info I would really get from it.

i use statcounter and love it...i like being able to look at the charts and see fluctuations...and see when people hop from one lens to another...and return visits ect.

if you haven't tried it (or something similar) this is what the graph looks like

Last edited by Christene (07/08/2008 1:15 pm)

i like the bar graph for looking at the week...but it's a big unreadable mess looking at it over the past few months

I'm on the hunt for some as well, I'll let you guys know what I turn up. Unfortunately with no javascript, it's going to be hard to get much more than what statcounter gives.

The_Book_Garden wrote:

Also, the stats on how long visitors actually stay on your page are worth checking, though mine look a little depressing (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=9853777)

Actually, this chart doesn't mean what you think it means. Because of how the image tracker works, you will only get visit duration when someone jumps to one of your other lenses. So here, ~17% of your visitors stayed on Squidoo and visited another one of your lenses. Of those 17%, almost half of them stayed for 30 seconds - 5 minutes.

For the 83% who didn't visit more than one lens, there is no data on how long they stayed. The text at the bottom of that page explains it in detail.

On the country stats, the distribution will be different in the morning compared to the evening. I would suggest moving any UK specific lenses to a separate tracker, so that you can get a better representation of where visitors are coming from.

Now that I've started to use separate StatCounter trackers for different projects, I'm going to keep my (single) SiteMeter tracker as well on all my lenses, so that I can get my aggregate chart.

PS: using an image tracker as the logo for your Amazon aStore gives you some awesome traffic data, though the URLs are unique for every visitor.

Last edited by thefluffanutta (07/09/2008 4:25 am)

Thanks, Fluff for starting this thread. I have been using StatCounter, but I had not installed it on my lenses that were not using the default profile, so you have reminded me to get to it!

Great idea adding the tracker to the bio, quick way to give it a try and see some aggregated stats across all lenses.

Here's a comparison Clicky and their competition. 

I have a list of the various stats tools that I've found that will work on Squidoo: Stats Tools

Last edited by triathlontraining (09/08/2008 6:41 am)

Has anyone tried clustrmaps?

I just remembered I tried  it out on one of my first lenses then forgot about it when I discovered statcounter. It looks great on a lens and gives at a glance an idea of where people are visiting from and I'd say it was a lot better than a numbers box, but you get very little other info from it, at least with statcounter you get graphs!

Here's the link to the one I;ve been running for a while - http://www3.clustrmaps.com/counter/maps … cessories/