Sean Carlos uses AWStats for web log analysis on O'Reilly. "A crucial, if often overlooked, aspect of running a successful web site is the study of activity occurring within the site. The information gleaned provides valuable input to continuous improvement initiatives, ranging from site architecture and content enhancements to traffic generation. This is the first of a two-part series exploring how to use the open source tool AWStats to perform web server log file analysis. This first part shows how to prepare a sample web log file, perform a basic installation of AWStats, generate reports, and review web analytics terminology; the second part will focus on report interpretation."

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