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A '''webWeb log analysis software''' (also called a '''web log analyzer''') is a kind of [[web analytics]] software that parseparses a [[Server log|server log file]] from a [[web server (like [[Apache]]), and calculatebased aon lot of indicators fromthe values contained in thisthe log file, soderives indicators about whowhen, whenhow, and howby whom a web server is visited. Reports are usually generated immediately, but data extracted from the log files can alternatively be stored in a database, allowing various reports to be generated on demand.

Common indicators reported by most of web log analyzers are:

* Number of visits, and number of unique visitors,

* Visits duration and last visits,

* Authenticated users, and last authenticated visits,

* Days of week and rush hours,

* Domains/countries of hosts visitors,

* Hosts list,

* Most viewed, entry and exit pages,

* Files type,

* OS used,

* Browsers used,

* Robots,

* Search engines, keyphrases and keywords used to find the analyzed web site,

* HTTP errors

*...

Features supported by log analysis packages may include "hit filters", which use pattern matching to examine selected log data.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

Some popular log analyzers are:

* [[Analog (program)|Analog]]

* [[AWStats]]

* [[Webalizer]]

==Common indicators==

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* Number of visits, and number of [[unique visitors,visitor]]s

* VisitsVisit duration and last visits,

* Authenticated users, and last authenticated visits,

* Days of week and rush hours,

* Domains/countries of hostshost's visitors,.

* Hosts list,

* Number of page views

* Most viewed, entry, and exit pages,

* [[List of file formats|File types]]

* [[Operating system|OS]] used

* [[Web browser|Browsers]] used,

* [[Internet bot|Robots]] used

* [[HTTP referrer]]

* [[Search enginesengine]]s, keyphraseskey phrases and keywords used to find the analyzed web site,

* [[List of HTTP status codes|HTTP errors]]

* Some of the log analyzers also report on who is on the site, conversion tracking, visit time and page navigation.

== See also ==

* [[List of web analytics software]]

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