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Why cPanel AWStats Shows 90%+ of Website Visits as 0–30 Seconds (And Why It’s Normal)
If you have ever opened your website analytics and looked at the Visits Duration report, you may have felt a sudden wave of concern.
You see that the majority of your visits - sometimes 90% or more - appear in the shortest duration category:
0 seconds to 30 seconds.
Does that mean visitors are leaving immediately? Is your content failing? Is your website not engaging people?
Before assuming the worst, it helps to understand what your analytics system is
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Posted in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Website Traffic
Tagged AI crawlers, awstats, bots, cpanel, cpanel awstats, crawlers, disables cookies, engage visitors online, engagement, google analytics, javascript, server-level vs script-based analytics, tracking script, visit duration, web hosting, website visitors
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Why is the cPanel traffic statistics tool called AWStats
AWStats is short for "Advanced Web Statistics". It is a popular open-source analytics software designed to provide detailed insights into website traffic and usage in cPanel, and comes free with all UltimateWB web hosting plans and UltimateWB Cloud plans. The name "AWStats" reflects its advanced capabilities in analyzing web server log files and generating comprehensive statistics.
Here's why the cPanel traffic statistics tool is called AWStats:
1. Advanced Analytics: AWStats goes beyond basic traffic tracking and provides in-depth insights
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Posted in Ask David!, Website Traffic
Tagged advanced analytics, advanced web statistics, awstats, browser, device, entry page, exit page, geographic data, ip address, popular content, search engine keywords, traffic tracking, user agent, visitor behavior, web server log analysis, website logs
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A Deep Dive: cPanel AWStats vs. Google Analytics vs. Google Search Console Insights
Understanding your website's performance is key to success. The tools at your disposal are numerous, each offering unique insights. In this post, we'll compare three heavyweights: cPanel AWStats, Google Analytics, and Google Search Console Insights. You can use all three with UltimateWB. All UltimateWB Web hosting plans and UltimateWB Cloud plans come with cPanel and AWStats included free!
Let the battle of the analytics commence!
cPanel AWStats:
Pros:
- Server-Side Analytics: AWStats operates on the server level, analyzing log files to
Posted in Website Traffic
Tagged awstats, cpanel awstats, google analytics, google search console insights
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Google Analytics vs Awstats – which is better, more accurate, useful?
It can be very useful to check your website traffic statistics as you are working on growing your website popularity and reach.
You want to increase your website visitors and want to know:
- Which pages are getting the most attention
- How your website visitors are finding your website
- Which search terms they are using
- Which website URLs are referring them to your website
- From which pages they enter into your website
- From which pages they leave on your website
Posted in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Website Traffic
Tagged awstats, cookies, google analytics, google analytics vs awstats, hot linking, javascript, privacy, referring website, search terms, seo, server-level vs script-based analytics, traffic statistics, visit duration, website visitors
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Thinking About Switching From WordPress? What Should You Consider Before You Move?
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I'm thinking about switching from WordPress to another platform.
It's not a complicated website, but over the years, I've had to add many plugins, for SEO, security, backups, forms, page building, etc. It feels like my website is living in an old house, and we're just waiting for the roof to leak, or something to break. I've been googling for discussions about migrating away from WordPress and found UltimateWB. Most other discussions I've found are the opposite, and
Posted in Ask David!, Compare Website Builders
Tagged 301 redirects, AI website builder, cpanel, css, custom url, customizable, drag-and-drop alternative, drag-and-drop website builder, duda, easy maintenance, flexible, htaccess, html, javascript, migrating website, ownership, page history tool, redirects, responsive app, switching website builders, third-party plugins, web hosting choice, Wix, WordPress, wordpress alternative, WYSIWYG
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How to Use Google Search Console’s New Generative AI Data to Improve Your SEO
If you run a website, you’ve probably noticed a massive shift in how people find information online. Between AI Overviews at the top of search results and interactive search interfaces like AI Mode, traditional organic search traffic patterns are changing fast.
For a long time, site owners had no clear way to measure this visibility. Google addressed this gap by introducing dedicated Generative AI performance reporting inside Google Search Console (GSC). If the update has rolled out to your Search
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Posted in AI, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Tagged AI crawling, ai impressions, ai mode, ai overviews, AI visibility, clicks, crawlers, ctr, Generative AI performance, Google Search Console, Googlebot, gsc, headings, indexing, keyword research, keyword stuffing, keyword targeting, organic traffic, page structure, schema markup, search engine results, search performance, seo, seo strategy, serps, structured data, user experience
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Why is the Discover tab missing now from Google Search Console?
"Ask David" question:
"I noticed today that the Discover tab is completely missing from my left-hand sidebar in Google Search Console. It used to be under the Performance section, but now it’s just gone. Did my account break, or did Google remove this feature?"
Answer:
Don't worry, your account isn't broken. If you are wondering why the Discover tab is missing now from your Google Search Console page, it comes down to a specific built-in feature of Google's
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Posted in Ask David!, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Website Traffic
Tagged core web vitals, discover, E-E-A-T, evergreen content, Google algorithm update, google analytics, Google Search Console, high-quality conetnt, mobile-friendly, responsive, robots, robots meta tag, search engine optimization, seo, trust, trust signals
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The Curious Case of an Internet Explorer 11 Visitor in 2025
It’s late 2025 - you’d probably assume everyone browsing the web is on Chrome, Safari, Edge, or Firefox. And for the vast majority of sites, that is true. But recently we spotted a visitor using Internet Explorer 11 - the last major version of “IE” - and it reminded us that even discontinued browsers aren’t completely gone.
Earlier this year, we shared how someone landed on our website using IE9 - a browser from 2011! That visit
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Tagged accessibility, awstats, browser compatibility, Browser usage trends, chrome, clean code, compatibility, cross browser compatibility, css, edge, fast load times, fast website, firefox, google analytics, html, ie 11, IE11 traffic, internet explorer, Internet Explorer 11, javascript, Legacy browsers, mobile-friendly, outdated browsers, polyfills, Progressive enhancement, responsive, safari, security risks, web browser, web standards, website compatibility
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Browsers People Use to Visit Your Website – And the Surprise Visitor We Got This Week
It's Spring 2025. You might think everyone is browsing the web with the latest version of Chrome, Safari, or Firefox these days - but that’s not always the case. In fact, we recently had a surprising visit from someone using Internet Explorer 9.0. Yep, IE 9, which was released in 2011 and officially discontinued by Microsoft years ago, is still making rare appearances on the web.
This unexpected visit inspired us to dive deeper into what browsers users
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Tagged accessibility, all browser-friendly, apple safari, bloat, browser compatibility, browser usage, css3, fallbacks, google analytics, google chrome, html5, ie, internet browsers, internet explorer, microsoft, microsoft edge, mobile-friendly, modern browsers, modern code, modern web standards, mozilla firefox, opera, optimize website, outdated coding practices, polyfills, responsive, responsive app, site performance, standardized code, The W3C Markup Validation Service, webp, webp converter, website performance, website traffic, website visitors
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Alexa site ranking data not free anymore?
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Tagged alexa, alexa site ranking, site ranking, traffic analytics, traffic statistics, website traffic
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