--- Lucian Wischik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm *bored* of my website statistics.
> 
> Over the years I've tweaked analog so it runs
> exactly how I want, I've
> written some helper programs to put in some more
> information, I've used it
> to cut down bandwidth, I've watched how visitors
> have changed their habits,

Great.  That's what its all about.

> Day in, day out, I get the same types of visitors
> visiting the same pages,
> using the same search terms.

This is a product of content.  Perhaps you might
publish information about a new topic or area of
interest.  I, for one, visit the same websites very
predictably.  My suspicion is that most users are the
same.

> The "referrer" report
> is full of search engines
> so I don't see any interesting links there. 

You might try grouping as many search engines together
into 1 line item using REFREPALIAS.  This will free up
your report.  Or, set the FLOOR to a different value
to get a more detailed view.

> The "broken" report is full of
> failed attacks, so there's nothing fun there. 

Again, try using FAILALIAS.  This one would be a bit
more difficult to set up.  Most worms have a
predictable, recurring pattern.

> The "domain" report doesn't change.

This goes back to content.  Of course, if you're
publishing a site about flowers, there's not too much
you can do to drive traffic of visitors who normally
surf for monster trucks.

> What have other people done to combat their
> analog-ennui?

Although I've never tried it, cross linking to other
sites can spice things up.  If you're really ambitious
(and have A LOT of bandwidth) try getting Slashdotted
some time.  The zeitgeist tool could make this happen
if some Editor found its function particuliarly
interesting.

I notice that your website's reports are not taking
advantage of Report Magic.  I found Report Magic to be
a great tool and a fun project to implement.

Have you tried using a 3rd party reverse DNS
resolution program.  RDNSLOGS, jdresolve and QuickDNS
are good programs just to name a few.

- Jim

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