Clicky WordPress Plugin: Better for Web Analytics?
Posted by Lillea Woodlyns in Business Website Basics, Reviews, WordPress & BloggingI’ve been searching for a simple, affordable web analytics service so I can monitor my sites easily.
I use Google Analytics, and often check the stats that my Hostgator account provides, but I’m never satisfied with the way that the data displays or the limitations for what those services scan.
Now there is a new WordPress web analytics plugin by the highly respected Joost de Valk that might provide what I’ve been looking for.
Joost de Valk is the WordPress and SEO expert behind yoast.com
de Valk creates some of the best and most popular WordPress plugins including Google Analytics, Breadcrumbs and Sociable.
Recently he developed a free WordPress plugin that promises to offer more options than Google Analytics, and many unique, advanced tracking features when you upgrade to the paid version of the analytics service that it’s affiliated with. The service is called Clicky.
You can use the free version of Clicky on 1 website with somewhat limited, but adequate, features.
To get ALL of the features that Clicky offers for about $59 a year an upgrade to Pro will allow you to put Clicky on 10 sites, and add many advanced features such as:
- Twitter analytics
- web analytics for iPhone and other mobile devices
- secure (https) tracking support
- advanced visitor segmentation and analysis
- spy (see every action by every visitor!)
- goal tracking
- alerts via e-mail and Twitter
EVERYONE who signs up for Clicky gets a 21-day trial of the Pro version with no obligation to buy.
After registering for free, you download the Clicky WordPress plugin from the site, upload it to your plugins folder, install, activate, then enter the tracking codes from your Clicky account into the the Clicky plugin interface.
The yearly fee is quite reasonable compared to other analytics services. I like Clicky’s simple, option-rich interface. I also like the plugin’s interface (no wonder Joost de Valk is one of the best WordPress plugin developers!). I chose to receive a full report daily about my site via e-mail.
If you’re using Clicky, or decide to try it after reading this, please come back and post your experiences with it.
~ Lillea Woodlyns
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Do the statistics show up in your dashboard? Also, do you know if a heat map is included?
Thanks
Hi John,
No, they don’t appear in the dashboard, I just get an e-mail daily, or I can login to my account.
There isn’t a heat map, but there is a Spy feature which shows you all of a visitor’s actions,
listed I believe, not a screen recording. I can’t access that feature because I’m using the free
trial. You have to pay to get it.
I’m not sure if I’ll continue with Clicky or not, but it’s interesting. I find it easier to read than
Google Analytics.
Hi Lillea. I went ahead and signed up for it. Figured I’d give it a try.
That’s what we bloggers do, don’t we? Then share what we find.
Thanks for the info.
That’s great. It will be helpful to know what you think of it. Yes, testing and sharing
is what we do. It’s fun.
Not tried yet this plug-in. Thanks for bringing it up here.