Monitoring traffic and compiling website traffic reports

For this assignment you will need to write a short report on the Bathurst TAFE website or a part thereof, say: your web page(s).

The report should...

• Identify and analyse available site analysis software - what software or reporting service would you recommend and why.
• Give a brief description of how to obtain and install the most suitable site analysis software
• Identify the required report options
• Develop a traffic monitoring program
• Show examples of the required traffic reports
• Analyse reports to identify any improvements that might be made to server/site performance
• Apply forecasting methodologies to predict traffic peaks
• Recommend changes in hardware and/or software that might be needed
• Suggest what training might be required to use the package
  

In particular, I'd like to know:

• how many people come to visit the site in a week
• how long they spend on the site
• which are the most popular pages on the site
  
• where they're coming from (both where they live and how they might have found the web site)
• what search terms were being used if they arrived through a search engine
  
• what browser and operating systems they are using
• when the busiest and slowest times are on the site

You can blog your answer or print it out with a cover page. Try to get it all done and posted by Monday 19th of November.

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