Understanding Visitor Traffic with Analog
Analog Stats is a powerful analytics tool that runs directly on your server. Unlike external tools, Analog records every single request to your web server. This gives you an unbiased picture of hits, file types, and technical details of your visitors.
The Advantage: Since Analog analyzes server logs, it also captures visits that would be ignored by ad blockers or disabled JavaScript in other tools.
How to Access Your Statistics
- Log in to cPanel.
- In the Metrics section, click on Analog Stats.
- Select the desired domain and click View.
- Choose the relevant month to open the detailed report.
Key Reports at a Glance
Analog categorizes data to make interpretation easier for you:
Time Analysis
Monthly, daily, and hourly summaries show you exactly when your website experiences the highest load.
Monthly, daily, and hourly summaries show you exactly when your website experiences the highest load.
Referrer
Find out which other websites visitors came from or which internal redirects were used.
Find out which other websites visitors came from or which internal redirects were used.
Technical Check
The browser and operating system report helps you decide which devices to optimize your website for.
The browser and operating system report helps you decide which devices to optimize your website for.
Status Codes
Crucial for troubleshooting: See how often errors (such as 404 - Page Not Found) have occurred.
Crucial for troubleshooting: See how often errors (such as 404 - Page Not Found) have occurred.
Other Useful Reports
- File Type Report: Shows whether images, HTML pages, or PDFs are being loaded most.
- Directory Report: Which areas of your website (e.g.,
/shopor/blog) are most popular? - Request Report: Lists the exact files that were accessed most frequently.
Privacy Note: Visitor IP addresses are often anonymized or shown as organization names (ISPs) in the domain report to comply with privacy regulations.
Looking for a more modern graphical representation?
Check out the Awstats tool in your cPanel!
