Google Analytics

A very good (and free) service is Google Analytics which shows you a massive amount of statistics about the viewers of your blog. There's many things I've wondered: How long do people stay on my blog? What do they look at the most? Where do these viewers come from?


Google Analytics provides answers to all of these and even more. You can even compare your blog's statistics with other blogs within your category. Other statistics that Google Analytics shows you are:

- Number of Visits
- Number of Pageviews
- Bounce Rate
- Average Time on Site
- Amount of New Visits
- Traffic Sources (Top Referring Sites, Search Engines)
- Map Overlay
- Top Keywords
- Most Popular Content

That's a lot of neat information that can help you understand the good and bad things about your blog. Signing up is easy, all you have to do is register as a new user and fill out a few things about your website. However, it will take a day after you have signed up for Google to retrieve data about your blog.