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	Customising Your Logfiles - http://www.apacheweek.com/features/logfiles Tutorial from: Apache Week
	Why Webstats are Meaningless - http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/webstats/ Outlines an argument claiming that WWW access statistics can be worse than meaningless. This document was originally written in 1995 to explain the statistics at Cranfield University.
	Log Analysis - http://www.loganalysis.org/ Info aimed at detecting intrusions, but also good general "analysis" tips.
	IAB: Metrics and Methodology - http://www.iab.net/standards/measurement.asp The IAB Media Measurement Task Force provides the standards the net uses for measurement.
	Extended Log File Format - http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-logfile.html W3C's description of the Extended Log File Format. Most flexible of the log formats

	LOGML - Log Markup Language - http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~puninj/LOGML/ Designed to describe log reports of web servers. Mining web-data that has been collected from web server logfiles, is not only useful for studying customer choices, but also helps in organizing web pages. The structure of a web site is represented as a web graph using XGMML.
	Configure Web Logs in Apache - http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1299 Explains improving traffic analysis by configuring Apache logs.
	Combining ethnographic and clickstream data to identify user Web browsing strategies - http://informationr.net/ir/11-2/paper249.html This paper describes a novel approach that combines data from direct observation, user surveys and server logs to analyse users' browsing behaviour.
	Drilling Down - http://www.jimnovo.com/ Content focusing on relationship marketing and customer loyalty through database marketing and interactive metrics. Emphasis on ROI, LTV, RFM and their link together, with a special attention to modeling, CRM, and database marketing techniques.
	Web Analysis Tools in Transition - http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,3959,463196,00.asp With big intelligence software vendors moving into their turf, Web analytics companies must evolve or die.

	Web Site Traffic Analysis Information - http://webdesign.about.com/cs/traffic/ An "about.com" section to help one understand how to analyze web site log data. Lots of ads and popups.
	XML.com: What Is Web Analytics - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/10/12/what-is-web-analytics.html Eric Petersen has put together a guide to web analytics resources, from the books that should be read to the tools to use. Eric is the author of Web Site Measurements Hacks.
	There's Gold in Them There Log Files! - http://wdvl.com/Internet/Management/ Using your Web server log files to direct your traffic building efforts and measure your success.
	Website Publisher - Traffic Analysis Primer - http://www.websitepublisher.net/article/traffic_analysis_primer/ Primer on traffic analysis covers types of tracking programs and uses for the information they provide.
	The Mirror Conspiracy or HTTP Logs - http://bachue.com/alejo/httplogs.html An approach to extracting information from HTTP logs using functional programming is presented, including full source code under the GNU GPL license.

	Dr. Dobbs: NetIQ WebTrends Reporting Center 5.0, Enterprise Edition - http://www.ddj.com/architect/184411751 Review of WebTrends, with mention of other tools.
	Intelligent Enterprise Magazine: Data Webhouse - http://www.intelligententerprise.com/ports/search_webhouse.shtml Collection of articles by Richard Kimball, father of data warehousing, about making a web-data-based data warehouse.
	Measuring Web Site Traffic - Computerworld - http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/ebusiness/story/0,10801,71989,00.html Describes both do-it-yourself and companies which help analyze site logs.
	Intelligent Enterprise Magazine - Up Close And Personal - http://www.intelligententerprise.com/000929/feat5.shtml A review of a collection of analysis and personalization tools.
	Tracking Users: What Marketers Really Want to Know - http://www.ddj.com/architect/184413957?pgno=5 An overview of web traffic analysis techniques, from log file analysis to real-time feeds from packet sniffing monitors.

	Web Watchers - Computerworld - http://www.computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/skills/story/0,10801,73527,00.html A roundup of skills, training and salary information for Web data analysts.
	Intelligent Enterprise Magazine: Scalable Systems - http://www.intelligententerprise.com/ports/search_scalable.shtml A collection of articles about the issues in making huge data warehouses of web and clickstream data.
	Insights - Trends: Case Study: Half.com - http://ecommerce.internet.com/news/insights/trends/article/0,,10417_1565681,00.html How half.com handled its search for a Web Analytics solution.
	Drilling Down the Customer - http://ecommerce.internet.com/news/insights/trends/article/0,,3551_205891,00.html By Michele Masterson. Aiming to crack the customer code and translate the browsing and buying habits of online shoppers into e-commerce dollars, many e-tailers are turning to usage-analysis software as an alternative to traffic measurement services, such as Media Metrix or Nielsen//NetRatings.
	Web Analytics Move Across the Enterprise - http://www.infoworld.com/articles/fe/xml/01/08/20/010820feedge.xml The web has become a critical online artery for many enterprise business activities, but the analytics applied to Web-based computing have not kept pace with the real world, multichannel environment of most companies.

	Vital Web Stats — And More - http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Vital-Web-Stats151And-More/ Review by eWeek Labs of two products that provide high-level analysis and reporting but take very different approaches: WebTrends Reporting Center 5.0 and SiteCatalyst.
	Web Site Checkup - http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Web-Site-Checkup/ Far from moribund, Web analytics offerings provide a wide variety of analysis, reporting capabilities. eWeek.

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