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How to know who visited my site?
The best way to know who visited your site would be to have a WordPress plugin developer create a plugin, that has the ability to give you the visitor stats you need. Although these days with GDPR, CCPA and even Google restricting more and more information from website owners in the name of privacy, good luck finding one. In fact, Google will soon retire its cookies….A sad state of affairs indeed.
However, all is not lost. You can find out who visited your site for free through your web hosting provider. Simply sign into your web hosting account’s control panel. Most use cPanel or Plesk. Here’s how to know who visited your site through cPanel:
- Sign into cPanel.
- Scroll down to “Metrics”.
- Click “Awstats” (you can also click “Webalizer”)
- On this page, click on your website, or if you have several, choose the site you want to check.
- On this “Awstats” page scroll down “Hosts”.
- Under “Hosts” you will see all the IP addresses that have visited your site.
- You can copy and paste any of the IP’s into one of several IP Locator sites like these: iplocation.net or ipfingerprints.com.
- You will receive the Internet Service Provider and their location for the visitor who had visited your site.
- That’s it. Unfortunately any further information on your visitor, you would need to contact the individual IP Company.
How to know who visited your website through Google and its alternatives.
There are a few other different ways to find out who visited your website. One way is to use Google Analytics, which is a free tool that Google provides.
Another way was to use a service like Alexa or their alternatives, which had both a free and a paid service (Update: until recently, see below).
Google Analytics is free, but it takes some effort to set up.
If you are just looking for a quick answer then you may want to go through your website metrics available through your web hosting provider’s cPanel, Plesk or their prefered control panel.
What can you do with this user tracking information?
The user tracking information can be used to improve your website. You can use it to see which pages are being visited the most, and you can use it to see which pages are not being visited.
You can also use it to see how long people are spending on your website, and you can use it to see where people are coming from.
User Tracking FAQs.
Google Analytics – what is it?
It’s important to have an idea of what Google Analytics is before we get started. To put it simply, all web servers track access logs.
The access logs contain the IP addresses of all visitors to the website. Google Analytics takes this raw data and boils it down into useful information.
How does Google Analytics work?
Google Analytics takes the raw data and boils it down into useful information.
This information includes pages visited, users (in general), browsers used, countries of origin and types of devices (laptop vs cell phone).
What can you find out using Google Analytics?
Information on pages visited, users (in general), browsers used, countries of origin and types of devices (laptop vs cell phone) are available through Google Analytics.
How to set up Google Analytics.
Step 1: go to google analytics and sign up for an account (it only takes a minute). Don’t worry if you don’t have a website yet, just create an empty page using the HTML code “a href=”http://www.google.com”>Google Analytics</a>”.
Step 2: add the javascript tracking code to your website.
Step 3: wait up to 24 hours and you’ll be able to start viewing reports.
Alexa – what was it?
Alexa was a service that provided information on traffic and rankings for websites. They basically crawled the web and kept track of who came in and where they went.
Update: After 25 years, Alexa.com retired it’s service. You has until May 1, 2022 to use their free version as they no longer sold subscriptions. However, even their free version is no longer available.
Here are some Alexa.com alternatives:
- Semrush.
- Ahrefs.
- Similarweb.
- SpyFu.
- Moz.
- Serpstat.
- Ubersuggest.
So which is better?
Alexa provided information on traffic ranking, but Google Analytics still gives more detailed reports.
What information can a website see about me?
Some websites can see information about your computer, such as the type of device you are using and the operating system. Other websites can see your IP address, which can be used to identify you.
How does it work?
A website logs the IP address of your computer when you visit. Then, in special situations, this information could be linked to other information.
This makes it possible for websites to track users in some circumstances.
What can I do about this?
You can block JavaScript (a way that websites use to identify you). You can use an anonymization service to hide your IP address.
What is the difference between Google Analytics, Alexa and its alternatives?
Google and Alexa’s alternatives provide information on traffic ranking, but Google Analytics still gives more detailed reports.
How to track IP addresses that visit your website?
There are a few different ways that you can track the IP addresses of people that visit your website.
One way is to use Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free service that allows you to track the number of visitors to your website, as well as where they are coming from and what type of device they are using.
You just need to add a tracking code to your website and wait up to 24 hours for the data to start being collected.
Another way is to use a service like Alexa or their alternatives. Alexa (until recently) and their alternatives are paid services that allow you to see information about your website’s traffic, including the ranking of your website compared to other websites.
You just need to add the website’s URL and they will give you the ranking.
The third way is to use the code ip-geo.
This code allows you to find out where your visitors are coming from based on their IP address and displays it as a location on a map.
It also gives information about the browser, operating system and device that was used by your visitor.
You just need to paste the code at the bottom of every page on your website and you will be able to see the information.
Can websites see your name?
Some websites can see information about your computer, such as the type of device you are using and the operating system.
Other websites can see your IP address, which can be used to identify you.
How does it work?
Websites log the IP address of your computer when you visit, and in special situations this information could be linked to other information.
This makes it possible for websites to track users in some circumstances.
You can block JavaScript (a way that websites use to identify you). You can use an anonymization service to hide your IP address.
IP addresses are numbers assigned to every device connected to the internet. They are used by websites to track users.
Anonymization services like Tor hide your IP address so that it is not associated with you personally.
A website logs the IP address of your computer when you visit, and in special situations this information could be linked to other information.
This makes it possible for websites to track users in some circumstances.
You can block JavaScript (a way that websites use to identify you). You can use an anonymization service to hide your IP address.
How to check who is visiting my website in real time?
The best way to see who is visiting your website in real time is to use a service like IP-Geo.
This code allows you to find out where your visitors are coming from based on their IP address and displays it as a location on a map.
It also gives information about the browser, operating system and device that was used by your visitor.
You just need to paste the code at the bottom of every page on your website and you will be able to see the information.
How often do websites check your location?
Most websites check your location daily.
Some websites may only check your location every few days or once a week.
Others just store the information they have already collected about you and will not ask for new information unless it is required.
This means that if you visit the site again, it will know where you are without having to ask.
How do websites track users?
Websites can use a variety of different technologies to track users, including cookies and digital fingerprint technology.
What is the difference between a cookie and an IP address?
An IP address is assigned to every device connected to the internet. A website logs your IP address when you visit so that it can track users.
A cookie is a small piece of information stored by websites on your computer. Cookies allow websites to remember certain information, such as your preferences and history.
Cookies also allow websites to track users across multiple pages.
Do I have a digital fingerprint?
Yes. Websites can collect different types of data about you, such as the operating system and browser that you use and where you are located based on your IP address.
Digital fingerprints are specific to your IP address, browser and computer. Although they normally cannot be used to identify who you are.
How to know who visited my website, summary.
As you can see, there are a few different ways that you can find out who is visiting your website.
Some of them can be done with just a few lines of code, and others require more advanced programming.
Whichever you use, or is used on you when visiting a particular website, with this knowledge you’ll always have the upper hand.
Some of these methods can be rather invasive, but in some cases, it’s inevitable if you want to know whether someone is actually on your website or not.
Good luck out there.
