How does Nihuo Web Log Analyzer work?

Before first running Nihuo Web Log Analyzer, you need understand some of the basic concepts about how Nihuo Web Log Analyzer works and what information it requires to analyze your web site.

Web Servers and Log Files

All web servers running on the Internet, regardless of platform, most of them records all server activity to a log file. The file is saved in text format.

To generate detailed server statistics,Nihuo Web Log Analyzer requires access to this log file. The log file can be accessed locally or remotely.

Hits and Visits

A log entry will generate a "Hit" on the web server. For example, if a web page contains 5 images, a visit on that page will generate 6 "Hits" on the web server, one hit for the web page, 5 hits for the images.

A unique user is determined by the IP address. By default, a visit session is terminated when a user falls on inactive state for more than 30 minutes. So a unique user may visit your web site twice and get reported as two visits.

If the visitor left the web site and came back 30 minutes later, Nihuo Web Log Analyzer will report 2 visits. If the visitor came back within 30 minutes, Nihuo Web Log Analyzer will still report 1 visit.

Project and Profile

Need to measure the traffic of your web site? Here's the right way.

• Add a project that specifies the location of your web server log file.
• A profile named "General Report" without any filters will be added into the project. You can add profile to specify how to analyse the log files and customize the report.
• Select the project or profile that you want analyse and Select "Analyse" from toolbar.