Tools Tracking Your Traffic

[Cpvr]

I switched from Google Analytics to CloudFlare Web Analytics earlier this year. GA just doesn't do it for me anymore, it's become way too big and complex. It was a chore to find key information...

I like what CloudFlare offers, even though it may be a little basic.

Can you describe your experience with Bing's Webmaster Tools? How does it compare to Google Analytics? Or is it more like Google's Search Console?

It’s similar to Google Search Console but offers more in-depth data. It shows where your backlinks come from, along with their anchor texts, and includes a keyword research section.


There’s also a “Top Insights” area that identifies pages on your site that may need improvement. Additionally, the “Site Scan” feature scans your site and alerts you to any technical SEO issues.

 

[Cory]

@Cpvr: How many pages of links for your site do you have indexed on Bing? Only two for me.

 

[Cpvr]

@Cpvr: How many pages of links for your site do you have indexed on Bing? Only two for me.

I have 5,800 pages indexed on Bing. I also submitted my sitemap and I’m using the indexnow feature.

 

[Cory]

I have 5,800 pages indexed on Bing.

I think my jaw just dropped.

I also submitted my sitemap and I’m using the indexnow feature.

I can't submit a sitemap for my forum I don't think since I use non-self-hosted software.

What's the "indexnow" feature?

I have about 10 pages worth of links on Google.

Suffice it to say, that my SEO must be very poor.

 

[Cpvr]

I think my jaw just dropped.


I can't submit a sitemap for my forum I don't think since I use non-self-hosted software.

What's the "indexnow" feature?

I have about 10 pages worth of links on Google.

Suffice it to say, that my SEO must be very poor.

indexnow is a feature thats pings the search engines and lets them know that there’s new content or that the website has been updated.

You can submit one, but you might have to build it.

How to Create and Submit a XML Sitemap | Seer Interactive

A sitemap is one of the best ways to ensure all of the pages on your site can be found by search engines. Learn how to create and submit an XML sitemap.

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Home | IndexNow.org

IndexNow enables webmasters, website owners to inform search engines about the latest content changes on their website. Helps search engines to maintain latest data about a website and redirect searchers to the fresh content. Webmasters/Website owners should use IndexNow to overcome crawl delays...

www.indexnow.org

You can setup an api key for it here:

IndexNow | Bing Webmaster Tools

www.bing.com

IndexNow is an easy way for websites owners to instantly inform search engines about latest content changes on their website. In its simplest form, IndexNow is a simple ping so that search engines know that a URL and its content has been added, updated, or deleted, allowing search engines to quickly reflect this change in their search results.

Without IndexNow, it can take days to weeks for search engines to discover that the content has changed, as search engines don’t crawl every URL often. With IndexNow, search engines know immediately the "URLs that have changed, helping them prioritize crawl for these URLs and thereby limiting organic crawling to discover new content."

 

[Cory]

indexnow is a feature thats pings the search engines and lets them know that there’s new content or that the website has been updated.

That's pretty cool. Too bad you have to have server-side access to make use of it.

 

[frm]

Being concerned about performance, however, how large is the JavaScript file you add to your site for Analytics, and does it ever cause lagging?

I'm not terribly concerned about how large the file is or how much it lags. I highly doubt Google will penalize you if their own software causes issues on your site. I've never had lagging issues, due to Analytics, that I can tell. All my scores are A+ (GMetrix) or 99-100 PageSpeed. I plug in my Analytics tracking code in XenForo and forget about it.

indexnow is a feature thats pings the search engines and lets them know that there’s new content or that the website has been updated.

So pretty much brought back the WordPress "ping" feature... Interesting. I'll have to check it out and see if there's an XF add on to notify of new content.

 

[Cpvr]

I'm not terribly concerned about how large the file is or how much it lags. I highly doubt Google will penalize you if their own software causes issues on your site. I've never had lagging issues, due to Analytics, that I can tell. All my scores are A+ (GMetrix) or 99-100 PageSpeed. I plug in my Analytics tracking code in XenForo and forget about it.

So pretty much brought back the WordPress "ping" feature... Interesting. I'll have to check it out and see if there's an XF add on to notify of new content.

It’s under the “

Search engine optimization (SEO)” tab in your Xenforo admin panel.​

There’s an option to enable support for indexnow.

 

[Cory]

I'm not terribly concerned about how large the file is or how much it lags. I highly doubt Google will penalize you if their own software causes issues on your site. I've never had lagging issues, due to Analytics, that I can tell. All my scores are A+ (GMetrix) or 99-100 PageSpeed. I plug in my Analytics tracking code in XenForo and forget about it.

My GTMetrix score is 81%, I guess I'm just afraid of that decreasing if I add more third-party JavaScript in.

 

[Cloaked]

I use https://matomo.org/. Install then add some js to the sites to track visitors and members. Ditched Analytics for it a few years ago.