Which online tracker is the best?

This topic maybe the third most flooding object in my inbox.There are many big names in this category like urchin(Now Google Analytics), Sitemeter, Statcounter. etc. So lets start reviewing them one by one

Google Analytics
A very powerful tracker.Gives you all soughts reports. I recommend this for professional webmasters as Google Analytics gives you all soughts of reports from Marketing tools to Site Overlays.Their is no such limit on your usage

Where it wins it?
Free, Fantastic Graphics and Google Powered.
Where it loses?
um..... very complicated for a begineer

Statcounter
A very simple, instant and easy to use tracker. It has also got some options that suits the logs of an big organisation's website .
Where it wins?
umm.. its basically less complicated than Google Analytics.
Where it loses?
Limited free Log size

Last of all I would like to mention my favourite tracker. Any guess? No not Sitemeter its MyBlogLog.

Reasons::

Gives you three stats, where readers came from - what readers viewed - what readers clicked.
This helps me a lot as my site offers templates.I can come to know which template you ere looking for ( In Google) and which template you downloaded.{Currently, most downloads are of Minima White }Gives in a sought of feedback. Plus an inbuilt community for blogs which offer in a sought of social networking(Psst.. you can view/join my community here } plus some cool widgets like most popular outgoing link and recent readers.


Although I have installed all three of them because each one has an special feature

Webcounters or spys?

Today, everyone is eager to know how many times their websites have been visited & how much visitors they receive monthly.This led to the introduction of Web Counters.You all might have placed it in your website/blog.But have you ever wandered those Webcounters can even hack your website.Don't trust me ?I'll prove it to you.First of all they ask you to place a javascript code in your website.Javascript has no limitations!It can even destroy your complete website.If you own a website that deals with confidential issues or any Payment/Bank Organistion then please don't place a webcounter there.Web Counters can do anything right under your nose.If still you want to track your visitors,you should add Google Analytics to your blog.Although they also provide you with a javascript coding,its trustworthy.Web-Counters are also offered free.But have ever observed a link to the creater of the Webcounter,thus improving their visitors,Page Rank & Search Engine Listings.If you want to see how many users are driven to your website then you must me interested in Google Webmaster tools.If you still can't manage without a webcounter,I can reccomend Statcounter for your website which is a bit safer.
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