Web Tracking services

[Chiyocities]

For the webmasters out there, do any of you use any 'web-statistic' services to track your visitors? I am preparing to start up a general information site and was wondering if it was worth adding in the code to track how my website was being visited. Any information is appreciated.

[Slater]

hmm... most hosts these days seem to include that in their standard packages...

[Chiyocities]

True. But I am unfortunately stuck using a Geocities Plus account. It has terrible functionality and doesn't give me very specific results. So I need something that is outside of the host.

[Tringard]

I use sitemeter on my blog, which works fine for my purposes...

[Slater]

oh bleh... if you're thinking of making a serious website, move away from Geocities. You can get decent hosting nowadays for under 50 dollars a year.

[Chiyocities]

Yes. Though ironically, Geocities was a "gift" given to me by someone who didn't really know any better about the other hostings available.

Tringard: Cool. I'll check into sitemeter.

[Mr. Rogers]

if you use a meter, just make sure it stays hidden, so it's not some big blotch on the bottom of your site ;-)