We stopped collecting screen sizes
This service used to record screen resolution. The browser script read window.screen and sent it along as res=1920x1080, and the statistics page had a panel for it. It does not any more.…
How the toplist works, and opting out
stats4u.net has ranked its busiest counters since the beginning — a 2012 post already talks about improving it. The current version lives at /top, and it works differently underneath than…
Where the about page numbers come from
There are six numbers across the top of the about page now: people online right now, visitors yesterday, counters in use, countries in the last thirty days, designs to choose from, and the…
Page views, daily visitors and the counter total: which number means what?
A counter image, a daily visitor report and a period total can show different numbers without a fault. Before comparing them, check the metric, the time period and the counter number.…
Read referring domains without guessing missing traffic sources
The referring-domain report describes source information that reached Stats4U. It is not a complete list of every route to the website, and a row is not automatically a distinct person.…
Export Stats4U reports as CSV or JSON with the correct access and period
The CSV and JSON links on a statistics page download a report for further work. Start from an accessible statistics page, select the intended period and use its current download link. An…
What to do with website audience geography
The map is the page people look at first and use least. It is pleasant to see that somebody in Chile read the latest post, and then the tab gets closed and nothing follows from it. This…
The who-is-online list, promised in 2012 and now live
On 25 August 2012, a post on this blog announced that the statistics fields had started refreshing by themselves, and finished with a sentence: "The planned feature, the 'Who is online'…
A counter or an analytics suite?
The honest answer to the question in the title is: it depends what the statistics are being asked to tell. A visitor counter and a full analytics suite are not two grades of the same tool.…
User's Tab shows now active / inactive and offline users
Stats4U is getting better and better. It is now visible live who is actually viewing a page and who has only opened it in a background tab of the browser. That means the list shows the…
First Windows 10 Users coming in!
Windows 10 users now appear in the statistics in real time. Microsoft launched Windows 10 on 29 July 2015, and the detection is ready for the visitors who have already switched to the new…
New Flag Counters and site speed stats
Stats4U.net is expanding its features with brand new stylish flag counters for websites. They can be placed on any site to show where its visitors come from. Alongside them there is now a…