Comments on: Urchin logfile software http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/04/30/urchin-logfile-software/ LunaMetric's blog on conversion rate and web analytics Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:17:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ By: Timothy http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/04/30/urchin-logfile-software/#comment-52 Timothy Mon, 01 May 2006 22:19:00 +0000 http://72.22.16.69/blog/?p=130#comment-52 It's important to remember that, while Google Analytics tracks visitors via client-side methods <I>only</I>, the UTM Tracking method that Justin outlined above uses <I>both</I> client-side page tagging <I>and</I> web server logfile analysis.<BR/><BR/>So, yes, Google Analytics is the only purely client-side product offered by Google/Urchin, but Urchin software can be either entirely log-based, or supplemented by the UTM client-side collection method.<BR/><BR/>Hope that clears everything up.<BR/><BR/>Timothy It’s important to remember that, while Google Analytics tracks visitors via client-side methods only, the UTM Tracking method that Justin outlined above uses both client-side page tagging and web server logfile analysis.

So, yes, Google Analytics is the only purely client-side product offered by Google/Urchin, but Urchin software can be either entirely log-based, or supplemented by the UTM client-side collection method.

Hope that clears everything up.

Timothy

]]> By: Justin http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/04/30/urchin-logfile-software/#comment-53 Justin Mon, 01 May 2006 12:42:00 +0000 http://72.22.16.69/blog/?p=130#comment-53 Hi Robin,<BR/><BR/>Let me start with full disclosure. I work for a Google Analytics VAR like Tim. With that said, I wanted to address your last comment in your blog post, "...if you want client side analytics, you have to use GA."<BR/><BR/>I assume you're talking about browser based collection of analytics information.<BR/><BR/>Urchin 5 software does support a client side collection technique. It's called the UTM Tracking method and its almost identical to the tracking method used by Google Analytics.<BR/><BR/>Using the UTM tracking method provides greater detail on your site visitors. In fact, the UTM tracking method is the only tracking method in Urchin 5 that uniquely identifies site visitors.<BR/><BR/>The Urchin 5 documentation has a chart identifying the differences between the various tracking methods in Urchin 5:<BR/><BR/>http://www.google.com/support/urchin45/bin/answer.py?answer=28726&topic=7355<BR/><BR/>If I'm misinterpreting your comment just let me know :)<BR/><BR/>Justin Hi Robin,

Let me start with full disclosure. I work for a Google Analytics VAR like Tim. With that said, I wanted to address your last comment in your blog post, “…if you want client side analytics, you have to use GA.”

I assume you’re talking about browser based collection of analytics information.

Urchin 5 software does support a client side collection technique. It’s called the UTM Tracking method and its almost identical to the tracking method used by Google Analytics.

Using the UTM tracking method provides greater detail on your site visitors. In fact, the UTM tracking method is the only tracking method in Urchin 5 that uniquely identifies site visitors.

The Urchin 5 documentation has a chart identifying the differences between the various tracking methods in Urchin 5:

http://www.google.com/support/urchin45/bin/answer.py?answer=28726&topic=7355

If I’m misinterpreting your comment just let me know :)

Justin

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