Web stat tool is a web tracker for your web site,blog.It’s very useful to analyze the performance of web site.Sometimes the web hosting service provides it.
Many of site stats are provides Page views,Number of Visitors,Traffic Source,Time on the site,Geo location of the visitor etc..Some of stats provides visitor IP also.But i have never seen a free tool that provides ip address.
Google analytics is the best free tool for web masters.It provides a variety of informations about visitors and their responds.But updates reports by daily bases.That’s a major problem to web masters to see web stats.So google analytics is useful for advanced web masters.Because they want a report like details in web sites.These type of stat tools are called hidden type web stat tool.Because those stat tools are not provided details on line in the web site.So visitors of the web site never seen web stats.
Histats is one of the best tool for newbies.It provides online summary at a place in the web site.This is an advantage for new comers in web.Because the visitor can get an idea about the web site.
One of the advantage compared with google analytics is “Histats update reports frequently”.
So if your a blogger,web master,You should use at least one of site tool.Because you should see the performance of the site,What kind of visitors you have,What is the most viewed page of your web site.Basically these informations are useful for optimizing the web site.
I know there are many tools which are not prefer above.If you use some good free web stat tool,Please share with this post.