Site Design for Better Search Engine
Positioning - Part III
OK, so You've Proven that this Log Analysis Data is Important
Stuff, but boy are Those log files Huge.
Yes the log analysis data can be quite cumbersome files indeed.
If you get just a few thousand visitors a day, the log analysis
data files can be megabytes in size, not kilobytes. Depending on
the amount of graphics you have on each of your pages, and how similar
each of your site pages are, the log analysis data files can become
astronomical in size. Can you imagine sitting there with one of
these files open in word pad going through them one line at a time?
Makes you wonder where you'll find the time to do it, or how you'll
be able to keep an eye on your log analysis data and build your
site at the same time. There are solutions.
Software programs out there will take these log analysis data files
and crunch them down in seconds to minutes. There are many good
ones out there too. The better ones will crunch all the log analysis
data today's servers can squish into your log analysis data file.
Other programs will give you simple output, and might only crunch
log analysis data file information daily instead of weekly or monthly.
The kind of server you host on will also affect some of the functionality
these log data analysis programs offer. When looking into these
log analysis data programs; make sure that you install one that
is compliant with the type of server logs your host generates. You
can verify this with a quick call to tech support, or by searching
through their FAQ's. It makes no sense to invest into a log analysis
data program that can not interpret your log data analysis files.
Log Analysis Data Program Analyzers - Log Analysis Data Programs
to Speed up the Process
We've taken some time to look around the net and see what kinds
of log analysis data programs can be found. Below is a list of a
few of them that provide the kind of data reports we like to see.
We use Alentum Software's WebLog Expert ourselves. It provides the
kind of reports we want to track our visitor behavoirs, search engine
results that found us, and spider activity when the engines come
by to index us. These are the top ranking log analysis data programs
available on the net. Check out the features, compare prices, and
get the one that suits your needs and pocketbook.
I just Spent all my time Reading this Log Analysis Data Article,
and I Don't have Access to my Log Analysis Data - I Host on a Freehost,
Thanks for Wasting my Time.
Don't despair grasshopper, you are not alone, and this information
can still apply to you. In the last article we mentioned other options
for those who do not have log analysis data file access. You can
read that article here.
You can go there and read the options. You should consider a few
things before you go with those free log analysis data alternatives.
If your site is new or not even established yet, then the free solutions
might be your best option. On the other hand, if your site is already
established, and you have a few hundred pages, then do you have
the time to place code into all those pages? Even if you don't have
a few hundred pages, do you have the time to place the code into
all the pages you do have?
On a second note, it is a known fact that search engines tend to
penalize submitted pages that do not have their own top-tier domain
URL. Free hosts normally give you a URL something like http://www.geocities.com/whiteknight0571/
or maybe you have something like http://www.whiteknight0571.geocities.com.
In either case, search engines will not consider either URL a top
tier domain. They are subdomains of geocities. Most of the search
engines tend to negate the usefulness of such pages. Whether that
is right or wrong doesn't matter. It's the way that they index pages,
and that is their rules to date.
On that note, do yourself a favor and get a top-tier domain name.
As cheap as domain names are now, and as cheaply as you can host
them, if you are serious about selling online, then it's in your
best interest to have your own domain name. When you have your own,
so many extras go along with it. You can run CGI, ASP, and PHP to
automate your site. You get access to your own log data analysis
files. You get a preference from the search engines in indexing
your pages, and many hosts now include domain registration with
your hosting service.
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By James R. Sanders
January 24, 2004
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