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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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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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Posted in Announcements
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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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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Are Alexa Site Rankings Accurate?
If you keep checking your website's Alexa Ranking you might be wondering if they are accurate. Your traffic statistics are improving, but then at the same time your Alexa Rank is getting lower. And then when your traffic statistics shows you are getting less activity, suddenly your Alexa Rank is a lot better. Sometimes, you might get high traffic with a high Alexa Rank. You might wonder perhaps Alexa's data is just not in real time. The real reasons you... Continue reading