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I’ve been using Google Analytics for a while and it’s certainly lacking so I was considering Mint and it looks great and is created by someone who I’ve respected for a long time.

The question is, now that I’m focused on a site with high amounts of traffic and looking to scrutinize behavior, traffic, etc. Is ‘traditional’ log parsing completely obsoleted by these new js solutions? I recognize you lose some tracking of those who don’t run js, but with my audience, that’s not a concern.

Mostly, I want to be sure the data I have available is comprehensive.

Do any of you use anything in conjunction with Mint for a fuller picture?

In looking at a few solutions, I find a lack of cross sectional data analysis of logs - esp when the relational db is the data store. - “Of new, unique users today, what are the page counts by content?” - “Of visitors from this referrer, how many are returning vs. new?”

And the lack of performance metrics bugs me. Should I be looking for something for cacti for that? - “What pages took longest to load and deliver?”

What do you guys consider as the best practices for thoroughly monitoring your website’s performance, usage?

Thanks!

I haven’t looked at an old log parser’s output in a while, but let’s see if we can even think of any features provided by these ‘traditional’ solutions that Mint hasn’t covered.

A little digging through the Peppermill rewarded me with a Pepper that shows slow/fast loading pages. There’s lots of features I love that console the ‘omg I’m obsessing about my traffic! what was viewed in the last 2 minutes?!” moments.

I’m still quite surprised by the lack of cross sectional data analysis (as I call it).