PageBlaster vs SiteLog

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DavidWSnow
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09/14/2007 10:18 AM
I just went to look at the hits in the SiteLog table and I haven't had one in the past 7 days. Google Analytics disagrees. This date was just was just about when I installed PageBlaster. Is this a result of the cached pages being used? Is this an accident of timing and I should investigate further and track down the true cause? I would have thought that since I am looked in some times and the cache must timeout once in a while that I would have see some hits. /DaveS

John Mitchell
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09/14/2007 10:52 AM
Yes, PageBlaster will hide most of your hits in the SiteLog and that confirms that it is working. I would expect you to have a few hits in there as pages expire and get re-cached though. The SiteLog should also record any logged in users unless you are also caching authenticated users with PageBlaster. I wouldn't be too concerned and I actually recommend turning off the SiteLog and using an external web analytics program for performance reasons.

DavidWSnow
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09/16/2007 1:31 PM
My SiteLog issue actually came from a suggestion that to speed up DNN one should have the logs go to a file, and I had done that about the same time I installed PageBlaster. I switch back and my SiteLog is logging again.

llong

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09/21/2007 12:11 PM
I concur with John: if you have Google analytics installed, turn off the site log. it just takes up CPU cycles/disk space and doesn't give a quarter the information that Google will.

DavidWSnow
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09/21/2007 1:26 PM
I agree that its usefulness is limited, but it does tell you things that Google Analytics doesn't Which spiders are indexing your site. I am amazed at the number, location, and owners of these spiders. before PageBlaster they accounted for more than have of my page hits. If new keepalive/monitoring sites that you have set up are still monitoring your site. Which users are actually logging in. And IF the sitelog had IP names rather than numbers, I might know more about who was using my site. Now that I think about it, I wonder if my ISP makes the IIS log available - I'll have to ask. I assume that PageBlaster has no effect on them. /DaveS

John Mitchell
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09/21/2007 1:32 PM
That is correct. PageBlaster does not affect the IIS logs.

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