Blog traffic today is measured much differently than it used to be. A few years ago the most important gadget of a blog or website was the visitor counter. The number of visitor is not enough to please us these days.
We need to know the number of pageviews, the location, the searching keywords and much more.
Here's a list of 5 wordpress plugins that will provide the details of your statistics in graphic charts and lists, in a user-friendly interface.

1. WP-SlimStat-Ex WordPress Plugin tracks your wordpress blog traffic. This plugin is based on Wp-SlimStat v0.9.2 by Mr. Coolmann
It has separated feed statistics and ajax modules : You can browse each panels and modules without refresing entire page.

2. Google Analytics and Feedburner Reports plugin for WordPress retrieves data from Google Analytics and Feedburner. The reports are represented visually with graphs, you can choose the reports you want to view and you can automatically install the Google Analytics tracking code very easy, along with optional outbound link tracking.

3. Stat Traq provides detailed statistics in a nice graphical format. The plugin tracks public activity of WordPress and reports: hits, number of unique PHP sessions, page views, IP Addresses (includes link to ARIN Who Is?), browser, referrer, search terms from major search engines, bar graphs generated for some of the reports.

4. WP-Stats is one of the most popular statistics plugins for wordpress. Ranging from general total statistics, some of other plugins statistics and top 10 statistics.

5. Site Meter Tracking WordPress Plugin automatically adds the Site Meter tracking code to all your blog’s pages. It works with WordPress 1.5 and 2.0.

written by Florin C.