cPanel - Webalizer Tutorial
Webalizer is an efficient feature found within the cPanel control panel. This application is very capable and provides a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to analyze the statistics of your website. Not only does it detail the traffic generated, but it also displays them in comprehensive charts and graphs. This program alone makes cPanel one of the most efficient control panels available today.
Accessing Webalizer
To access the Webalizer program, you must first log into cPanel. From there you need to look for the icon labeled “Statistics”. Once you click on this icon, you will be directed to a page that includes the following choices:
• Analog
• Webalizer
• Subdomain Stats
• Latest Visitors
• Bandwidth
• Error Log
Of course you want to click on the “Webalizer” link. When the page loads, you will see a double-column table that says “Select A Domain”. This table contains the following categories:
- Domain - this area is composed of the domains that are currently associated to your web hosting account.
- View - when clicking on the “magnifying glass” icon of this category you will then be able to see the web statistics associated with your primary domain.
After selecting the domain you would like to view statistics for, a new page loads displaying a “Usage Summary”. Here you will find a graphical chart with the amount of activity for your web pages and files viewed, hits, visits and visiting web sites over the last twelve months. If your domain and website have not been active for a full year, Webalizer will only display activity for the appropriate months.
A second chart displays a “Summary by Month” log for the past twelve months. Similar to the first chart, this one will only display the appropriate months if your domain and website has not been active for a full year. It does differ from the fist chart by only displaying the actual number of hits, files, pages and files viewed, visits and visiting sites opposed to a graphical representation. To view statistics, simply click on any month listed in the appropriate column. Once the page loads, it will display the following links:
- Daily Statistics - displays both a bar and numbers chart that represents the number of hits, files and pages viewed, visits and more.
- Hourly Statistics - displays both a bar and numbers chart that represents the number of hits, files and pages viewed, visits and more
- URLs - displays a table with top links accessed on your website which includes hits and kilobytes associated with the URL
- Entry - displays a table with the top entry pages accessed on your website which includes hits and kilobytes associated with the URL
- Exit - displays a table with the top entry pages accessed on your website which includes hits and kilobytes associated with the URL
- Sites - displays a table with the top visitors or web hosting servers used to access your site which includes hits and kilobytes associated with their server
- Referrers - displays a table of referrers or URLs used when accessing your website which includes hits related to the referrer or URL
- Search - displays a table of top keywords visitors used to access your website through a search engine
- Agents - displays a table of top browsers such as Internet Explorer or FireFox along with the type of operating system used when accessing your website. This also includes hit associated with those entities
- Countries - displays a table of a specific country’s top visitors that accessed your website which includes hits and kilobytes associated with that country
Webalizer is without a doubt one of cPanel’s most effective features. It allows you to analyze the status of your website and make improvements where ever needed to enhance marketing efforts and it’s overall success.
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