How do you track traffic source?

[leilapearse]

Is google analytics the best tool to track traffic source? I am using this tool but some source traffic google limited me to view or I can not view them. I think it will be useful to see where most of my traffic is coming from so I can focus on the target better. Just curious which ways are you using to track your website traffic?

 

[ashishaq]

As far as i know Google analytic is one of the best tool to track traffic and its sources. I am using Google analytics from last 3 years and i have not found any bugs in this software. This tool has all the features which you need to track your visitor flow and site performance.

 

[elcidofaguy]

The best way to do it is to use a link tracker which logs the data and then redirects to the target page.... You can use link shortners like bitly, tinyurl etc or my preferred solution to use a self hosted solution using yourls.

 

[ethany]

I use google analytics for my website, I saw that the result is quite good

 

[William Coleman]

Well, to me google analytics is not the best tool to track traffic. I prefer piwik to google analytics.

 

[popwin]

Google and also for pixel tracking to be more accurate.

 

[Adrianhenry]

or my preferred solution to use a self hosted solution using yourls.

What is self hosted solution? can you show me any details? It can be used on my hosting?

 

[elcidofaguy]

I've just put together a step-by-step video tutorial which outlines how to install/setup YOURLS for tracking links.

In a future video (Part 2) - I'll cover the steps needed with implementing PHP or Javascript which can track the actual conversion e.g. optin or purchase. In otherwords you'll be able to run multiple ads and know exactly which Ad is responsible for the conversion.

For additional details check out the link tracking tutorial.

 

[Thanhnguyentrieu]

My friends who are programmers also say that Google analytics is the best tool for managing websites

 

[Ilyas]

I use Google Analytics at the moment, but lately, it does not count all my visitors. I had some new orders that were not tracked. I'm looking into Piwik as a second opinion, it looks promising.