Talk:Web log analysis software

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[edit] List of log analyzers

I'm worried about the list of log analyzers that's developing. If we let every commercial program be added, we're going to end up with a huge list of links (and Wikipedia is not a link directory).

In addition, some of those that have been added aren't even log analyzers — they use Javascript tags instead (see web analytics for the difference). But this is only a secondary point because even if we restrict to those that have a logfile version, we will have far too long a list.

Does anyone have an opinion what to do? Should we get rid of the list altogether?

Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:48, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Some other suggestions:

1. Limit to free software (I tend to think of commercial software as web analytics rather than web log analysis: meaning that it focuses on business-relevant stats more than technical stats, although the line is by no means clear).

I don't think this is the right way to do this. Just because something is commercial doesn't mean it's bad or shouldn't be included, and just because something is free doesn't mean it's good and worth including. I'd be happier to list the larger web log/web analytics software packages as well (Urchin, Webtrends, etc.) but continue to remove the spammers. Notability is more important than philosophy in this regard. --Kickstart70·Talk 18:53, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

1. Limit to links to Wikipedia articles, not external sites

Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

I've removed all the external sites from the list. Most of them aren't log analyzers (or aren't primarily log analyzers) anyway, as explained above. Stephen Turner (Talk) 19:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)