Google Analytics recently updated their tracking code. In doing so, my GA? Firefox extension didn’t recognize the newer code. However, with a few new lines of code, the GA? Firefox extension works with the old and new Google tracking code.

Thanks to those who wrote in requesting the update. It really helps me get a feel for who’s using it.

I’ve been testing and testing site stats ever since Mint 2 came out. I didn’t really want to pay for the upgrade so I ran though a few different services and put them though the tests. I was looking for a quick way to access my visitor stats and in the end, Mint is the best stats program I can find.

A week or so ago I released a FeedBurner StandardStats plugin for Wordpress over at my BloggerDesign.com blog. It’s purpose was to make it easy to add FeedBurners new (and free) stats program into a Wordpress blog.

An interesting side effect was that it also inserts FeedFlare into your posts as well. This makes it extremely easy to install and configure both items without ever having to mess with the template.

If your interested, check out the FB StandardStats plugin and give it a go.

There is an amazing feature available for hosted Wordpress.com blogs called Feed Stats. It tells you how many people have viewed your feed and what feed readers were used. The bad part? It’s only for Wordpress.com blogs.

See a great review of Feed Stats.

I’m hoping that the feed stats feature makes it into all Wordpress blogs. The only other option seems to be Feedburner. Personally, I like having my feed URL be part of my site and I don’t want to pay for any additional features.

No, Mint isn’t another new offering from Mozilla, but rather well designed stats package for your website. Not only does it look good, it’s also very easy to use and extendable!

Mint costs $30 and you install it your webserver. It’s PHP based and requires a database but it’s really simple to setup and use. Once installed, you instantly start tracking page views, unique visitors and referrers. Need more information? That’s where Mint excels.

Much like Firefox, Mint comes with the basics already installed. However, some want more functionality. Firefox has the ability to install extensions to perform various tasks where as Mint has the ability to install Peppers to gather more information.