Where to get almost accurate stats for any website

[salhammers]

So we all know about Google analytics and compete.com etc.

But I'm looking for any website that when you type in a URL you get web based stats. I used to use statbrain but these days they take an age on there.

Need it for sites who are under the radar of alexa, compete etc ( less than a few hundred visitors a month or newish sites

Hope there's a suggestion or two

 

[salhammers]

I should of added - any stats site that doesn't need tracking installed

 

[``Yousef]

Web based stats such as what?

If these websites don't have tracking installed, where you expect them to compute data from?

 

[salhammers]

Web based stats such as what?

If these websites don't have tracking installed, where you expect them to compute data from?

Good question. Stats for pageviews, UVs etc.

Like I said, Statbrain used to be OK for it but their getting a little buggy lately. If you know what I mean you may be able to visualize what I'm rattling on about.

Basically, type URL in search box and within a few minutes you get Page Views, Monthly UVs etc

 

[RightInTwo]

I have used getclicky and its pretty good.

 

[belgirl]

GetClicky has worked well for me in the past as well.

 

[ThisRubicon]

check out goingup i've fallen in love with this site

 

[salhammers]

Thanks guys. But these require tracking to be installed.

I need something more like statbrain but can give page view information on smaller sites.

With statbrain you just typed in the URL that you wanted stats for. Then after a few moments the page refreshed with the stats data.

Anyone help?

 

[sbw27]

http://www.alexa.com/ 
http://www.quantcast.com 
http://www.compete.com

Probably not the best for smaller sites though. You are never going to get good stats on low traffic sites without installing something.

 

[ThisRubicon]

is there a reason that you cannot install tracking code? understand that without tracking code installed, you simply will NOT get accurate traffic data

 

[Reefer]

yeah, unfortunately all the results you are going to get will be pretty inaccurate. They all work by taking utilizing the fraction of people who have the [alexa/quantcast/compete] toolbar/plugin/some sort of tracking software installed and just extrapolating out.

e.g. 2mil people have compete tracking installed, if 3 of them visit your site within a month, then on average your site gets 3 x (total internet surfers/2mil). The less traffic a site gets, the less accurate this tracking is.

 

[salhammers]

is there a reason that you cannot install tracking code? understand that without tracking code installed, you simply will NOT get accurate traffic data

Yeh I guess you're right. I wanted a way to check competitor stats. Guess it cannot be done in lower traffic sites

 

[ThisRubicon]

Yeh I guess you're right. I wanted a way to check competitor stats. Guess it cannot be done in lower traffic sites

It would have been far better to just have said that in the beginning - then we could have been working our brains around the true question that you have

 

[salhammers]

It would have been far better to just have said that in the beginning - then we could have been working our brains around the true question that you have

Great! So now you know do you have my answer?