Website statistics
Many people want to know whether their website is popular or not and one way of trying to determine this is viewing user statistics. The University has some software from DeepMetrix LiveStats which is available internally for University staff to use. It's a web-based tool accessed at http://www.statistics.unisa.edu.au/.
Accessing LiveStats
If you require LiveStats reports for your website(s) you will need to request access. ISTS will then set up a user account. You will need to determine the range of statistics your area requires and the website(s) you require them for. A page hits report is likely to be sufficient for most sites, but if your area wants a weekly or monthly report automatically emailed with more detailed information you will need a virtual server.
Go to the Requesting access to website statistics form.
Viewing
and reporting your web statistics
By default the web address above will show statistics for the most commonly viewed pages, typically the home page and email.
Once you have a user account, you can view the statistics for your site, or pages within your site, by selecting your site from the pull down Pages menu under the Reports tab.
You can view reports by month, week or day. Reports can be printed,
emailed or exported. The Export option allows you to choose between PDF, CSV
or XML file formats.
Refer to the LiveStats Reporting Interface Guide (PDF file, 1.8mb) for reporting features and making the most of your web statistics.
Regarding privacy concerns with the use of this type of data collecting software see more information about Deepmetrix products and services privacy.
Updating your webpages
If you update your website by creating new webpages and would like statistics on these pages, you will need to contact the corporate web team via the Web enquiries online form or by emailing webenquiry@unisa.edu.au to have these pages added to your content group.