Statistical Analyzers for HTTP Logs?

krishnaD asks: "I have been using webalizer to generate access log reports for the site but lately my customers are asking for statistics like average amount of time spent by visitors on site, if a person reaches a page X, what is the probability that from here he goes to Y? From which link people exited the site etc. Basically, they are asking for a detailed flow analysis of usage patterns of visitors. Are there any tools that will do this kind of analysis? I love to know what kind of tools other sysadmins use to generate reports for their clients."

Comments

Re:Urchin - cream of the crop

[twodiddyliddy]

I completely agree, urchin rules.

When I worked for a .gone I was in charge of the stats analysis, and I looked into most of the major programs mentioned in this thread, and nothing comes close to urchin. As far as I see it, it only has two weaknesses:

- cost
- not open (there were a few features, I would have loved to add/alter)

One really beautiful feature it has is that you can incorporate your sales stats with the program. I haven't tried it yet, but from what I remember, it allows you to directly check your sales stats/visitors ratio, where your purchasers came from, how long they stayed etc.

WebTrends

[krangomatik]

WebTrends offers software like this. We outsource a lot of our web stuff and one of our providers runs WebTrends and our people who like looking at pretty pictures really seem to like it. I have never installed or configured their software so I can't speak for ease of use, but the end user reports are easy to navigate. IIRC you can download a demo from their site and play with it. They do seem to have a demo report you can look at and see if this meets your needs.