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)
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