stats showdown - wordcampnyc 2009
DESCRIPTION
Take a look at some of the most popular stats plugins for WordPress. WP-stats, Google Analytics for WordPress, and WordPress.com Stats will undergo a comparison to identify which plugin has the features that bloggers need most.TRANSCRIPT
Stats Showdown
Take your website to the nextSTEPH www.nextsteph.com
How much information?
How much information?
• Do you want something simple?• More information than you know what to
do with?• Or do you want some information, but
don’t want to be overwhelmed?
Just the Facts Ma’am
How to Install Plugins
Login to your self-hosted WordPress Blog and click “add new”.
How to Install PluginsDo a search for the theme you
want.
How to Install Plugins
Click on the “Install Now” button.
WP-Stats
Tell Me More…
…
WordPress.com Stats
•Not only available on Wordpress.com
•Also available as a plugin for self hosted.
WordPress.com Stats
Take your website to the nextSTEPH www.nextsteph.com
Referrers & Post/Pages
Take your website to the nextSTEPH www.nextsteph.com
Search & Posts
Summary
Search Terms
Sharing Secrets with Google
Sharing Secrets with Google
WordPress.com Stats dashboard
Take your website to the nextSTEPH www.nextsteph.com
WordPress.com Stats dashboard
WordPress.com Stats dashboard
Sifting For Gold
Installing Google Analytics
www.google.com/analytics
Google Analytics
Google Analytics
Go back to the plugin configuration and put in you UA account number from Google Analytics.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics
Top Content (pages and/or posts)
Geography by State
Browsers
Operating Systems
Google Analytics
Keywords
WordPress Stats Showdown GraphAttribute WP-Stats WordPress.com Stats Google Analytics
Instant Gratification Yes No No
Post/Page Stats Yes Yes Yes
Comment Stats Yes Yes No
Views or Visitors Views Views Visitors
Referrals/Sources No Yes Yes
Keywords/ Search Engines No Yes Yes
Graphs No Yes Yes
Geo Reporting No No Yes
Date ranges NoFixed
(week, month, quarter, year, all time)Yes
(custom)Browser, Operating System, Connection Speed… No No Yes
Thank You
Special Thanks to Kira Zmuda of The Mathematics of Glamour (www.themathematicsofglamour.com ) for the use of her website during this presentation.
