SEO Optimization through Web Log Analysis

IP Address to Country Update 02-03-2007

4 Feb 2007 16:44:29 GMT

The source code and RIR data have been updated through 02-03-2007. The source code is public domain and can be downloaded free.

IP Address to Country Update

19 Jan 2007 20:09:53 GMT

The source code and RIR data has been updated through 1-19-2007. The source code is public domain and can be downloaded free.

Analysis of Web Logs

Mike.Blakley@ezrstats.com — 21 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

By carefully monitoring web logs, it is possible to optimize your web site in order to obtain a better ranking with the various search engines. I use the WebLog program to monitor traffic to my site, and I have experienced a compound rate of growth in excess of 38% monthly (as measured by both data transfer and total HTTP requests), derived from host provided statistics, The code is written in standard C++. In order to use the code, you will need to tailor it for your own purposes. Output from the program should enable you to identify unique visitors, classify visits by hour of day, gather statistics for downloads of exe files. Report on visits to web pages, ranked by popularity. Quantify search engine referrals by the major engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN).

Program code, documentation with screen shots is available as a "setup" file for downloading and installation. Download the "setup" file (there is also a zip file).

Note that the software produces a set of six output files (pge - ranked page visits, ref - list of referrers, ip - unique ip addresses visiting, ep - unique ip addresses downloading software, isp - list of major isp providers used.

IP Address to Country

Mike.Blakley@ezrstats.com — 21 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Source code and procedures for converting an IP address in dot notation to the corresponding country code (two characters). Useful in identifying and classifying Web traffic for SEO (and other) purposes. Code is open source, public domain (no cost). This information is available for download as a "setup" file. The setup copies a series of C++ source files, headers, example data and the compiled exe version. C++ is standard.

Software Updates (Web Log and IP To Country)

Mike.Blakley@ezrstats.com — 23 Nov 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Web Log 1.6 includes tracking for RSS files, OPML and also other search engines such as AllTheWeb, Ask, Netscape, Alexa, etc. Further, there is additional documentation on auditing Internet logs, such as obtaining data from the regional internet registries (RIR), along with programs to build the IP address to country code lookup table. I post all the recent data on the site. All this software is open source and I contribute it to the public domain.

Software Updates (Web Log )

Mike.Blakley@ezrstats.com — 1 Dec 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Web Log 1.6, a public domain program, has been updated to handle (ignore) bot activity and also to track referrals from delicious. In addition, the IP to Country data (and lookup table) has been updated as of 12-01-2006.

Software Updates (1.7)

Mike.Blakley@ezrstats.com — 3 Dec 2006 05:00:00 GMT

This is a maintenance update to correct some errors in reporting statistics. (Available from http://www.ezrstats.com/download/EZSWLsetup.exe or http://www.ezrstats.com/download/EZSWL.zip). Also, I have added a page to show historical search engine activity, for comparative purposes. By far, Google dominates....