The Webalizer analyzes a domain's log files daily and presents them in a clear web view, divided into various categories. It generates yearly, monthly, daily, and hourly statistics based on criteria such as total usage, visit times, visitors, URLs, browsers, referrers, accessed pages, as well as entry and exit pages. The categories include Hits, Files, Pages, Sites, Visits, KBytes, Top Entry and Exit Pages, Total Referrers, Search Engines, Browsers, and Countries. These statistics provide a comprehensive overview of the usage and origin of website visitors.
With the help of the Webalizer, your domain's log files are analyzed once daily and displayed in a clear web view divided into various categories.
The Webalizer generates yearly, monthly, daily, and hourly statistics, taking into account the following criteria:
Total usage, usage by time of day, usage by visitors, URLs, browsers used, referrers, accessed pages, entry and exit pages.
Below is a more detailed description of the categories:
Hits
Every request to the server recorded in the log file is a hit. The requests can relate to anything: HTML pages, images, audio files, CGI scripts, etc. Every valid line in the server log file is counted as a hit. The number of hits represents the total sum of requests made to the server during the analysis period.
Files
Some requests to the server require a response. Something is sent back to the requesting client, such as an HTML page or a graphic. When this happens, it is counted as a file, and the total number of files is incremented. The ratio of hits to files can be viewed as incoming requests versus sent responses.
Pages (also Pageviews)
Every HTML document and everything that generates an HTML document is considered a page. This does not include other components of a page, such as images, audio files, etc., but only the pure number of pages. What exactly is defined as a page can vary from server to server. All files with extensions such as .html, .htm, .php3, .php4, .phtml, etc., are recognized as pages.
Sites
Every request to the server originates from a unique site, which can be referenced by its name or ultimately by its IP address. The number of sites indicates the number of different IP addresses that made requests to the server. This does not refer to the number of actual users, which can only be determined using server log files and the HTTP protocol. However, the number of sites provides a good approximation of this value.
Visits
Whenever a visitor with their assigned IP address visits your pages, the time since the last request is calculated. If the time span is greater than the server-dependent "visit timeout" period of 30 minutes, or if no request has ever been received from this visitor before, the request is recorded as a new visit and the number of visits is incremented. This applies both to the site and to the IP address assigned to the visitor.
If a user visits the site at 1:00 PM and then again at 3:00 PM, two visits would be counted.
Please note: In the "Top Sites" table, the total visits should be related to grouped lists and considered as the minimum number of visits for a grouping. Please note: Visits only appear in the statistics if the URL they come from is recognized by the server as a page (see Pages). Due to limitations of the HTTP protocol, log rotations, and other (disruptive) factors, the results should not be seen as an absolute number but rather as a relatively accurate approximation.
KBytes
The kilobyte (KB) amount shows the volume of data in KB sent by the server during the reporting period. These figures are generated directly from the log file.
Top Entry and Exit Pages
The top entry and exit pages provide a rough overview of the pages visitors first access on your site and which pages users frequently see last before leaving your website. Due to limitations of the HTTP protocol, log rotations, and other (disruptive) factors, these values should be seen as a good rough estimate of current numbers. In any case, the statistics represent a trend showing where your visitors come from and at which point they leave your site.
Total Referrers (Total Referrers)
This overview shows the websites from which visitors arrived at your site. This statistic is extremely helpful for checking the effectiveness of links.
Search Engines (Search Strings)
If visitors arrived at your pages via search engines, the term(s) searched for are included in this overview.
Browser (User Agents)
This table lists the different browsers used by visitors to the website.
Countries (Countries)
This statistic shows from which countries requests were made to the server.