Let me preface this post by saying I'm far from an expert! Here's a little knowledge I've learned...
As far as I know, all websites that are not privately hosted (such as on their own home computer...or something similar) have some type of access for "trafficking" stats. Access to some stats portions of websites are sometimes very easy to view, or others requiring username/password.
On some sites, it is as easy as:
www.websitename.com/stats
I used this "web address" on a couple MAJOR knife manufacturer's websites and got all their trafficking stats. The first, (let's just leave it at one of the oldest, largest, and
bull-like knife companies ever!) averaged almost 3,000 visits every day in May. The other knife manufacturer (one who's not as old as the other, but the company is still very large, successful, and a leader in the
hole industry) has pretty detailed stats that show just about every possible stat one could ever dream up; more along the line that I'm used to reviewing.
[I'm assuming that if they don't want to protect that data, it's open for public viewing...their choice....it's actually quite easy to password protect that data if they so choose.]
One website I once managed used the address of:
www.websitename.com/imanager
This one required administrative privileges with username/password. In there, in addition to receiving stats, I could administrate all the email accounts, and everything else associated with that domain. I'm assuming the "/imanager" is the specific program/application that this site's webhoster (is that a word?) provides their customers for website management. I'd assume that there are similar ways to access other sites using different software.
I'm assuming there are other "simple" industry standards (like the "/stats") that will give access to trafficking data, but don't know what they are.
And Holger, I'll PM you the web address to your control panel...at least the "likely" web address to your control panel. It wasn't too hard to find. You just need a password to go with your domain name. Try the password you use for your email (or any other password you use or have used). My guess is that if you had this domain set up, the password is known to you.
) method of tracking the traffic on our website on our own? Just need basic stuff. (I hate calling the webmaster all the time)
