Chapter 38 of 43 · The Admin Panel (Administrators)

Statistics and Traffic Reports

The directory records its own traffic, without cookies or external services, so you always know how the website performs.

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The directory records its own traffic, with known robots and crawlers filtered out. The reports show the last 30 days.

Traffic reports

Admin Panel › Statistics › Traffic Reports

  • Total Pageviews and Unique Visitors.
  • Avg Actions / Session: how many pages a visitor opens on average.
  • Retention Rate: the share of visitors who come back.
  • Traffic Trends: a daily chart of page views and unique visitors.
  • Top Content / Pages: the most visited pages.
Traffic Reports.
Figure 38.1 Traffic Reports.

Referrals and sources

Admin Panel › Statistics › Referrals & Sources

Where visitors come from: Direct / None, Search Engines, Social Media and Other Websites, with the top referring domains and the latest referrals with their landing pages.

Referrals & Sources.
Figure 38.2 Referrals & Sources.

Audience and technology

Admin Panel › Statistics › Audience & Tech

The share of visits from desktop and mobile devices, operating systems and browsers. If most visitors use phones, check your most important pages on a phone regularly.

Audience & Tech.
Figure 38.3 Audience & Tech.

Live activity log

Admin Panel › Statistics › Live Activity Log

The latest page views as they happen, with the time, visitor IP address, device, page and source. The page refreshes every 60 seconds, or immediately with Refresh Now.

The live activity log.
Figure 38.4 The live activity log.

Business owners see the views of their own listings in their user panel. The visit counts are also shown in Directory › Current Listings.