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Our web host offers Urchin Advanced webstats - a bit of Javascript code we should put at the top of our pages to provide detailed webstats.<br />
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TWO QUESTIONS<br />
In your experience does Urchin Advanced webstats provide quality results? &nbsp;Is there a better one you all would recommend, free to mid-priced.<br />
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The documentation tells us to put the code as the first thing on the page. &nbsp;Even above the &lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;. &nbsp;Is that workable? &nbsp;<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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OT
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Our web host offers Urchin Advanced webstats - a bit of Javascript code we should put at the top of our pages to provide detailed webstats.

TWO QUESTIONS
In your experience does Urchin Advanced webstats provide quality results?  Is there a better one you all would recommend, free to mid-priced.

The documentation tells us to put the code as the first thing on the page.  Even above the <html><head>.  Is that workable?  

Thanks,

OT

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