What to ask a dev

If you need to get a developer to get you the server log data, you need to make sure they are getting you the following bits of information:

• Host:
• Date:
• Page/Title:
• Bandwidth:
• Response Codes:
• Referral:
• User Agent:

This is the bare minimum needed to do any type of log Analysis. An example of what the data looks like:

Host       220.181.108.183 (Beijing,Beijing,China)

Date      31/07/2015 13:32

Page/File             /what-to-check-before-buying-a-domain-name/

Bandwidth          22460

Response Code                200 – OK

Referrers             No Referrer

User Agent         Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Baiduspider/2.0; +http://www.baidu.com/search/spider.html)

Andy Halliday

I am the Managing Director of Coreter Media and have been in Digital Marketing since 2009. Initially in-house working for some of the UK’s biggest brands, but now I run my own agency helping small businesses grow.