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I think that the StatTraq solution is looking most promising. SlimStats is also very good, but the layout of StatTraq reporting is more understandable for me. Particularly in the collation of most read posts. This is really where you are wanting to see results most of the time. I need an ‘at-a-glance’ look at what posts are getting the most hits and StatTraq does this in a very easy way. SlimStats also can do this but it takes a few more clicks to get there.

So both solutions are very close and it comes down to a matter of personal preference. There is one trick with StatTraq that you’ll need to implement if you are using the long version of permalinks (e.g., domain/category/post_title as opposed to domain/?=p34), which is not well explained on the plugin’s web site but happily is very well covered by Evan Dodds on this site.

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Once you have made this implementation the most viewed post function works just fine. I’ll keep on evaluating both for a little bit longer, but StatTraq is at the moment out in front.

Way back is StatCounter, which is not showing anywhere near the number of visits that the others are showing, so I think I’ll be halting that service soon. I’ll keep Google Analytics for a little longer just to keep an eye on it. It’s very nice to look at and I just need to assess the accuracy of their tracking for a little longer.

StatTraq also gives the option of excluding or including bots in statistics. I have the option turned off on one site and on with another. I’ll monitor whether this function is accurate over the next few weeks.

SlimStats will also be kept on the sites for a little longer to see if there is any significant change in its performance and hence my opinion of it.

But for now StatTraq is the frontrunner.

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