SiteStats LIVE! Tutorial - Step 2
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SiteStats Tutorial - Step 2: Setting up an active account

Once your account is activated, go to the Active Account Details tab. Now you will set up your site to generate statistics.

A. Set your time zone


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Toward the middle of the screen is a drop down menu that allows you to select your time zone. This will cause all of the dates and times in the SiteStats reports to sync with your local time instead of the time on the SiteStats server.

B. Assign a keyword click value

Above the Time zone field is your e-mail address. Right above that is a field called Keyword Click Value. It should show a default value of 100. The click value setting allows you to assign a perceived value to traffic you receive from search engines. On the SiteStats keyword reports, every entry will carry this value. The bottom of the report will show a total perceived value for all of the traffic. This feature allows you to get an idea of how much your search engine traffic is worth to you.

The value you enter here is in cents. So a value of 100 will indicate a value of $1.00 for each hit directed from a search engine. A value of 250 would cause the reports to show a value of $2.50 per search engine hit.


C. Add JavaScript to your web pages

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In order for SiteStats to accumulate data to generate statistics, you must add a small amount of JavaScript code to the web pages you wish to include in the statistics. The Web Pages to Track section allows you to add this code to your pages very easily.

Simply use the built in explorer to browse to the directories on your hard disk that contain your web pages and add them to the list on the right for processing. This is done by selecting them in the directory window on the left, then clicking on the Add Selected Files button. If you click on the Add All Files button, it will add all files that are in the currently selected directory.

Once you have selected your files, click on the Add JavaScript button. AddWeb will add the necessary code to your pages for you.

D. Upload your edited web Pages

Now that your web pages have SiteStats JavaScript code, you should upload them to your website. You can use AddWeb's built-in FTP feature or any other method you normally use to upload your pages to your web server.

As soon as the modified web pages are on your web server, SiteStats will begin generating statistics for you.