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Analytics in the web context is the subject of tracking website users and deriving insights or value from those data.
== Local Tools ==
An excellent program for analytics is [[AWStats]]. The nice thing about AWStats, aside from it being free open-source software, is that it's locally installed on your system and so there is no third party. You have your stats, and nobody else does.
[[wp:Webtrends]] is a commercial product and is focussed on SaaS model, but it supposedly is still available as a software product.
== Hosted Services ==
Most Analytics systems today are offered as a service. Chief among those is [https://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics] (or GA for short).
== In-wiki Analytics ==
To implement Google Analytics in your wiki, you should not use the googleAnalytics extension or others as they have some shortcomings pointed out by [[mw:User:Dantman/Analytics_integration | Dantman]]. Instead, he offers up a better approach: putting the code right in your [[mw:Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings]] file.
== Analyzing your competitors ==
A few sites provide insights to any public website.
* https://www.quantcast.com/
* http://www.semrush.com/
== Local Tools ==
An excellent program for analytics is [[AWStats]]. The nice thing about AWStats, aside from it being free open-source software, is that it's locally installed on your system and so there is no third party. You have your stats, and nobody else does.
[[wp:Webtrends]] is a commercial product and is focussed on SaaS model, but it supposedly is still available as a software product.
== Hosted Services ==
Most Analytics systems today are offered as a service. Chief among those is [https://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics] (or GA for short).
== In-wiki Analytics ==
To implement Google Analytics in your wiki, you should not use the googleAnalytics extension or others as they have some shortcomings pointed out by [[mw:User:Dantman/Analytics_integration | Dantman]]. Instead, he offers up a better approach: putting the code right in your [[mw:Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings]] file.
== Analyzing your competitors ==
A few sites provide insights to any public website.
* https://www.quantcast.com/
* http://www.semrush.com/