Hi,
I've been lookin at WordPress's 'Blog Stats' for a clients traffic, the results per month are :
May - 820
June - 2100
July - 9800
August - 3600
I'm also tracking the site with the 'Google Analytics' plugin and Google reports back :
May - 580
June - 705
July - 5040
August - 1800
Which one is correct, is Google not tracking WordPress properly? Which figure should I go off?
WordPress's stats are recorded via PHP, which always works because it's server-side code. Google Analytics records via Javascript, which is client-side code and can be turned off by the user (and is disabled by many pop-up blockers).
For raw visits, WP Stats will be more reliable. For deeper traffic analysis (click throughs, conversions, etc), you'll want to depend on Google ... though since it's Javascript based, it's obviously not perfect.
As I thought, thanks for confirming that, I thought as much. Thanks for giving me some reassurance.
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