Subdomain statistics

[blackmountain]

I have recently added two subdomains on my website. I have been dismayed to find that my service provider (Easyspace) cannot provide me with web stats for these subdomains. Apparently this is because my website is on a shared hosting platform and the necessary changes to allow web stats for subdomains would involve too much downtime and disruption to other users. Is this a common feature of shared hosting platforms or just some?

 

[dta]

have you looked at using google analytics or another similar tool? can provide subdomain, stats etc

 

[blackmountain]

have you looked at using google analytics or another similar tool? can provide subdomain, stats etc

DTA: Thanks for the suggestion about Google Analytics. I've just been reading up about GA. I am not yet entirely sure about allowing third-party access like this,. but it is worth considering.

 

[Blossom]

Allowing third party access? Google has all that info anyway. Adding Google Analytics just allows you to see it.

 

[grantw]

DTA: Thanks for the suggestion about Google Analytics. I've just been reading up about GA. I am not yet entirely sure about allowing third-party access like this,. but it is worth considering.

All a stats tool really does is take the data already on the server and display it in a nice way - much nicer than the usual webalizer/awstats you'll get on most servers.

Have a look at statcounter.com also, I find it much more user friendly than analytics.

Grant

 

[mat]

Awstats on shared hosting at Krystal shows subdomain stats fine.

 

[octopus]

Google analytics or mixpanel.

 

[blackmountain]

Thank you

Thank you everyone for your comments and suggestions - they were very helpful.
I'm now trying out Google Analytics on two of my subdomains and I will check out the other possibilities suggested.