Mint web stats package updated, new outbound clicks plug-in

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Mint web stats package updated, new outbound clicks plug-in

by David Chartier Aug 21st 2007

Shaun Inman's Mint quickly rose to the top of our list of web stats tracking tools as it offers a powerful, customizable interface and a rich plug-in architecture that has quite a following. After launching Mint v2 back in January of this year, Inman has been releasing minor .x version updates to address the usual bugs and other quirks, but a new Mint v2.12 release brings some minor new features and one big new pepper (that's Mint-speak for 'plug-in'): the Outbound Pepper. As its name suggests, Inman's new pepper tracks outbound links from your site, helping you to see where exactly your visitors surf next.

Other changes in this new version include some updates to the display and handling of Mint's advanced preferences, as well as a new 'Ignore IPs' advanced preference to help you keep track of just the traffic you want. There is also a new 'Found' tab in the Searches pepper that lists pages at your site and the keywords used to find those pages.

As usual with Mint updates, this new version is available free to all registered users. You can find out a lot more about Mint from Haveamint.com, with a demo installation for your to tinker with before buying. Licenses for Mint cost a mere $30/domain.

[via Peppermint Tea]

Tags: Mint, pepper, plug-ins, Shaun Inman, ShaunInman, statistics, web stats, WebStats

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jon Henshaw said 6:13PM on 8-21-2007

Shaun is an excellent coder and designer. Mint isn't the only thing he's worked on. He also has had his hands in sIFR and was the person (that I'm aware of) to integrate color into his blog to signify the passing of time for his entries.

I've never seen him speak, but he is presenting at the Think Tank AIGA design conference Nashville. If you're in the SouthEast, you should check it out.
http://www.thinktanknashville.com/

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