Measure and Analyze Your Website Stats with Woopra

Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Chinmoy Kanjilal in Internet Tools, Software

Advertisements

woopraChecking website performance is an integral part of managing a website. Regularly checking and analyzing visitor stats makes us aware of current trends, current hot topics and most importantly of traffic driving topics which goes a long way in predicting user behavior and preparing for a wider coverage in organic search.

There are many site-analysis tools which let us check stats (i.e. Google Analytics, StatCounter). But the problem is they all run from the browser and lack a proper UI with live reports and actions.

Woopra, unlike these is a desktop client for your website and has huge loads of features which lets us analyze website performance in an easy manner.

The application is just out of beta and is available to registered users. Registration for Woopra is totally free. For registration and download, visit this page. The desktop client is available for all Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

Getting Started

To start with, put the script you obtained during registration into your site. This readies your site for reading by Woopra and preparing reports.  Next, enter login details into the application.

woopra-login

woopra-login

This brings up your live visitor details and the main dashboard. The main dashboard is divided into various sections.  The left sidebar has links to the sections and the main area shows various stats in mini-window frames.

Dashboard

Some of the dashboard displays are:

Keywords:

Displays the current keywords driving traffic from organic search from all search engines.

woopra-keywords

woopra-keywords

Searches:

Current search queries bringing in visitors to your site.

woopra-search

woopra-search

Geography:

A list of countries  visitors are coming in from.

Pages:

Popular pages which visitors are viewing the most.

Referrers:

Referring sites, links from other sites being followed to you site.

woopra-refer

woopra-refer

Overview:

An overview of visitors as a graph.

These are the features of the dashboard and all that is displayed on the dashboard is live traffic. You can aslo see current visitors and can chat to them live.

Analytics

The analytics dashboard shows the no of visits and visitor percentage each day with the average time spent per page.  The sections in Analytics are:

Visitors:

woopra-visitors

woopra-visitors

This section lets us check visitor details and decide on country and language specific targeting of content.

Systems:

This section lets us check the systems specifications visiting our pages and optimize pages for better rendering.

Pages:

woopra-pages

woopra-pages

This section  deals with the performance of various pages with details on entry and exit pages, performance of outgoing links and downloads provided on the website. The stats for a particular page can be viewed as a performance time-line graph.

Referrers:

This section lets us check the referring sites like search engines, feeds, social networks, back-links etc. It also lets us check search results for a particular search engine and  displays search terms used.

Searches:

This is the most important section for webmasters as it tells us the tops searches bringing in visitors. Both search keywords and search queries are displayed in the section.

There are facilities to create filters and notifications for better analysis. With all these powerful options, Woopra is an unmatched software for website analysis. What do you use to measure your website traffic?

(By) Chinmoy Kanjilal is a technology, web2.0 and Linux enthusiast and evangelist. He has an in depth knowledge of working of Softwares, Operating Systems, Hardwares and Computer Networks. Blogging is his favourite pasttime. He blogs primarily at Techarraz. You can find him on Twitter @chinmoykanjilal.

Share|

Related Posts

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

6 Responses to “Measure and Analyze Your Website Stats with Woopra”

  1. Chris Smith

    01. Dec, 2009

    This looks really good and maybe even a little less intimidating than Google Analytics.

    I do like Analytics, but sometimes I feel that it is really just too much for me (at least for now). I think I will check this out.

    Thanks!

    Reply to this comment

  2. chinmoy

    01. Dec, 2009

    It is the best alternative to Google analytics. In fact, I have not logged into Google analytics ever since I started using it.

    Reply to this comment

  3. Lorelle

    01. Dec, 2009

    Thanks for the great example of how Woopra works. I’d love to know more about how Woopra works for you and how you use it. I know it would help so many.

    We’ve just released the Woopra API and we’re working hard on the next update. Thanks so much for your support and input to help us make Woopra better!

    Reply to this comment

  4. Sourojit

    01. Dec, 2009

    Woopra is really a good analysis utility that helps to keep track of website stats in every bit detail while working on desktop. The best feature that i liked is it’s real time tracking, with its simple and interactive interface its very easy even for first timers to handle.

    Reply to this comment

  5. Last 7 days in tech: week of November 30th, 2009 | Tech Hacker

    07. Dec, 2009

    [...] Measure and Analyze Your Website Stats With Woopra via LostInTechnology [...]

    Reply to this comment

  6. Woopra » Woopra Reviews and Highlights

    25. Jan, 2010

    [...] Lost in Technology – Measure and Analyze Your Website Stats with Woopra [...]

    Reply to this comment

Leave a Reply