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Re:Ask HN: What analytics do you use when Google Analytics r... by dumbfounder on Monday May 20, 2013 @10:26AM (#5737835)
Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think that analyzing logs is anywhere near as effective as the javascript based solutions that use cookies to track users. We receive a lot of bot traffic and I don't think log analyzers do a good job of telling the difference.
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Re:Ask HN: What analytics do you use when Google Analytics r... by lifeguard on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @02:31PM (#5745739)
It is trivial to filter out the bots IMO. You can also correlate system logs with application logs.
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