Im confused

  • I’m little confused with this plugin.

    For example:
    I have with WP stat:
    Visitor:145 and Visit:409
    But with Google Analytics I have
    User:9 and and 90:sessions
    With Slim Stat i have:
    Unique IP:9 and Page Views:135

    And this is dramatically difference, anyone know why?

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  • Hi,

    Slimstat’s tracker can be setup in two different modes: Server Side mode is the most accurate and tracks pretty much ALL of your pageviews; and Javascript mode, where it behaves much more like google analytics, by ignoring bots and all those users who don’t have javascript enabled. Also, there’s a difference between Unique IPs and Visits (see the inline FAQs for more information about that). According to the numbers you posted, you have Slimstat setup in Javascript mode. Google Sessions = Slimstat VISITS, not pageviews. So you may want to compare those two numbers and see what you get there.

    Cheers,
    Camu

    Thread Starter Protium

    (@protium)

    Thank for answer.
    I know difference between unique IP and visits.
    Can I configure WP stats to ignore bots?

    I’ve found that GA doesn’t track everything. We use it only as a backup to check ‘trends’. If one analytics package (we use four of them) shows a trend, up, down, static, et al, we check the others for coincidence. GA is not our benchmark. We find this plugin to be very useful. This one and Wordfence.

    @camu,
    What is “Slimstats”? I haven’t seen that term used before. Is it another name for this plugin??

    Plugin Contributor Greg Ross

    (@gregross)

    Slimstats is another stats plugin.

    @greg,
    Thanks for the clarification.

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