Java Script vs. raw logs
Hi there,
I'd guess the difference is in reading raw logs (1&1) or checking via Java Script (Google Analytics/Urchin).
The raw logs analysis counts all accesses to pages if they come from a robot or a human browser.
The JavaScript does by nature only count human browsers. Because most robots/crawlers do not interpret and execute Java Script (some do a slight of hand scan if they can find some links in it or some other obvious tricks).
Look at the raw logs and count the number of robot/crawler related requests. That should account for the difference.
I'd stay with Google Analytics. It does a much better job at analyzing the flow of visitors through your website and you can see if people reached your target pages (conversion). Most other packages don't offer that. However, have a look at your raw logs, for requests that fail. This is something that Google Analytics misses.
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