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[KT <tearsign@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm.  That does explain a lot.

Thanks!
Kane
--- hoyaduke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I believe the webtrends live product uses client
> side javascripting to send a message to a webtrend's
> server that collects the data.  This is a very weak
> design as it relies on client side javascript. 
> There are any number of ways it could break causing
> the differences between your weblogs and what
> webtrends is reporting to you.  The advantage is of
> the live product is real-time reporting, the
> disadvantage is lack of reliability.
> 
> As a rule of thumb, I never put anything that is
> mission critical in client side functions because it
> is too unreliable.  You have no control over the
> client that your end-users have.  If you need
> accurate traffic reporting you are better off
> switching to the server-side solution unless you
> need the data in real-time.
> 
> =Duke
> 
> 
> webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Thanks for the input guys.  The webtrends that's put
> up is a live version.  From what I understand it's a
> javascript that creates a count everytime someone
> visits the site, so the way Webtrends is set up,
> it's
> entirely independent of the web logs.
> 
> Kane
> 
> 
> --- morry  wrote:
> > 
> > I'm not sure how this can be because we take the
> log
> > files and run them
> > through webtrends. Are you doing it this way or do
> > they have a live
> > version running? Eithe rcase webtrends just
> > porcesses the log files as far
> > as I know.
> > 
> > MOrry
> > 
> > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, KT wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Hi alia,
> > > 
> > > I have a question.  Our marketing people just
> came
> > > back with web page stats from Webtrends and that
> > > doesn't jive with our ISP's log files.  Our ISP
> > told
> > > us that Webtrends is notoriously inaccurate?  Is
> > that
> > > true?  Does anyone have any experience with
> them?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Kane
> > > 
> > > 
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