Webalizer WebStats - cPanel Tutorial Ch.12 | Web Hosting Articles & Tutorials

Webalizer WebStats - cPanel Tutorial Ch.12

Webilizer is another effective component found in your cPanel. Just like the Analog feature it acts as a very capable web statistic application. It differs from both Analog and Awstats by way of its enhancements. Webilizer is described as a highly complex graphic based application that will not only detail the traffic generated to your site, but also produce them in appealing charts and graphs. With or without cPanel, Webilizer is one of the most frequently used web stat engines today.

ACCESSING WEBALIZER

You will access the Webalizer application by logging into your cPanel. >From there you will find the icon labeled “Web/FTP statistics. After clicking the icon you will be directed to a page with the following choices:

- Analog
- Webalizer
- Subdomain Stats
- Latest Visitors
- Bandwidth
- Error Log

You will click on “Webalizer” to access the application. Once the Webalizer stats page loads
you will notice a double column table that reads “Select A Domain”. This table will be composed of the following:

Domain: Area that holds the domains you have registered on the web site.
View: By clicking on the “magnifying glass” icon in this section you will be able to view web statistics associated with your domain

After choosing the domain you would like to view you will find a “Usage Summary” on the next page. This page will show you the level of activity for your pages, files, hits, visits and websites over the past twelve months. If your site and domain haven’t been active for a full year then Webilizer will only display the appropriate amount of months.

A second chart will display a “Summary by Month” for the last twelve months of your website. Like in the first chart, if your site and domain have not been active for a full year, Webilizer will only display the appropriate months. This chart differs from the first as it shows actual figures for the number of hits, files, pages, visits and sites opposed to the graphical chart representation of the data.

To view some of your web stats simply click on any available month in the appropriate column. After the page loads you will notice the following available links:

- Daily Statistics: This shows a bar chart and numbers chart which represents your hits, files, pages, visits and more.
- Hourly Statistics: This also displays a bar chart and numbers chart that represents your hits, files, pages, visits etc.
- URLs: This table details top links accessed on your site which includes hits and kbytes related to the URL.
- Entry: This table shows the top entry pages accessed on the site which also includes hits and kbytes related to the URL.
- Exit: This table will display top entry pages accessed on your site that includes hits and kbytes related to the URL.
- Sites: This table shows the top visitors or hosting servers used to access your site that includes hits and kbytes related to the hosting server.
- Referrers: This table displays URLs or referrers used when your site is accessed including hits related to the referrer.
- Search: This table displays top keywords visitors have used to access your site on the search engine.
- Agents: This table shows top browsers like Internet Explorer or Netscape including the operating system used when accessing your site which also includes hits related to the browser.
- Countries: This table displays the country’s top visitors used to access your website which includes hits and kbytes related to that country.

Webalizer is a thorough application that allows you to cover every statistical area of your website. This popular program typically comes with the installation of cPanel.

Share this article: