How to View PLOW Webstats (Additional stats)

You will need your website admin login and a password. If you do not have this information, contact the SILO Help Desk.

Along with the basic webstats provided when you log in to view your PLOW webstats additional reporting is also available.

To access additional PLOW webstats:

1. Go to: http://www.cityname.lib.ia.us where cityname is the name of your city.
2. Click on the login asterisk
3. Enter the admin login name
4. Enter the admin password
5. Click on the Log in button
6. Click the Site Setup link
7. Click the Webstats link
8. Set the date range
• Date range can be set by clicking on the calendar icon in the Date Range box (left-hand column of the page)
• First, select the range, then, select the month/year, and finally, click a date to close the box
• Ex. By default when you log in you will see reporting for the current month. If, for example, you want to view the numbers for last month you would then click on the calendar icon in the date range box, make sure month is selected as the range, then you would change the drop down month menu to the last month, and finally, click on any day in that month to close the box.
9. Click on the name of your website listed in the center of the screen to view the advanced reporting

Some Stats of Interest

Additional stats can be found by clicking on the tabs across the top of the screen. When you click on a tab and then hover your mouse over that tab additional sections will show up below the tab.

• Dashboard tab
• Visitor Browser: Shows which web browsers are being used to view your site
• List of Keywords: Keywords users successfully used to get to your site from a search engine
• List of External Websites: Websites that users used to get to your website
• Visitors tab
• Overview section: basic visitor stats like visits, unique visits, page views, and time spent on your site
• Settings section: browser and computer configuration information
• Actions tab
• Pages section: shows which pages on your site receive the most hits. Larger sections can be expanded by clicking on the + sign next to the section name.
• Entry Pages section: shows which pages users first come to on your site
• Referrers tab
• Search Engines and Keywords section: shows which search engines and which keywords users may be using to get to your site