The best 5 free services to track blog statistics

In the last article we touched upon the various statistics you should track which provides key insights to help you enhance your blog performance. There are a lot of services which can help you track the vital statistics associated with your blog traffic. Although there are both free and paid tracking services available but in this article we will only focus on the free services which can take care of most of your requirements:

Google Analytics  is unarguably the most comprehensive and robust blog tracking tool which is preferred by amateurs and professionals bloggers alike. It has powerful, flexible and extremely easy to use features which helps bloggers track all the basic statistics. It is easy to set it up and has a very intuitive user interface. The user has the ability to receive standard or self-customized reports.
 
Sitemeter is a real time website tracking tool that gives you instant access to vital information and data about your blog audience. In the free version you can access details of the last 100 users while the premium paid version allows you to track the last 4000 users. The statistic reports will provide you details into various key insights into your blog traffic.

StatCounter is one of the most popular blog tracking tools which provides information on most of the metrics which a blogger would like to track. It can easily be setup by inserting a simple piece of code on your blog. StatCounter provides you access to details for the last 100 blog visitors. The various descriptive charts and tables are extremely useful and easy to understand. A lot of additional useful functionalities can be unlocked by upgrading to the premium paid version.

OneStatFree is another free service which delivers one of the most reliable and secure tracking service. It provides fully password protected trackers which can be installed on your blog. It offers extremely detailed web analytics reports into various aspects of your blog traffic which can be exploited to optimize your blog performance.
  
StatsSheet is a great option if you want to look at detailed analysis into your blog traffic. The service offers both visible as well as invisible counters which can be seamlessly integrated into your website’s code. Apart from all the regular statistics you can also track clicks on your AdSense ads which can really help you tweak your monetization strategy.
There are a plethora of both paid and free services available online to help you track your blog performance. The above mentioned services are the best free services to address most of your tracking needs.