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SmarterStats Changelog

What's new in SmarterStats Build 8761

Apr 24, 2024
  • Fixed: Modifying the Log Analysis path for an active site removes the site admin's configured email address.
  • Fixed: The reports headers are not being properly translated.

New in SmarterStats Build 8521 (May 3, 2023)

  • Added: Email notifications are now sent to the admin user when an exception is encountered during log import for a site.
  • Added: Windows 11 to list of OS versions.
  • Fixed: API calls get progressively slower as you add more and more sites.
  • Fixed: Configuring multiple recipients on Scheduled Email Reports only sends to the first recipient.
  • Fixed: Reports are showing different hit count for "Page Time Taken" depending on what report you are on.
  • Fixed: SmarterStats SMTP configuration will not save without using authentication.
  • Fixed: Unable to move sites from one server to another.

New in SmarterStats Build 8388 (Dec 22, 2022)

  • Changed: Various text changes to increase consistency.
  • Fixed: "AvailableQueriesWithInputs" API call returns exception.
  • Fixed: Data Mining doesn't return data if there is a slash at the end of the filename.
  • Fixed: SiteList.dat file is getting truncated.
  • Fixed: UpdateUser2 and AddUser2 APIs allow user to enter the email address input property string in an invalid format.
  • Fixed: When you save an SMTP account for a server to send from, it doesn't require an email address; sending without an email fails.

New in SmarterStats Build 8195 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • Added: A backup file for the SiteList.dat file for redundancy.
  • Fixed: Remote server build/version number are not updating properly after the service update.
  • Fixed: SmarterStats free edition will allow you to walk through adding a second site.
  • Security: Fixed potential vulnerability. It is recommended to update to this version or higher.

New in SmarterStats Build 8011 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Added: A new external login provider is now available as an authentication method.
  • Added: A site-level setting for Authentication Method.
  • Added: New AddSite APIs, and old APIs have been deprecated, to accommodate external login provider.
  • Added: New UpdateSite API, and old API was deprecated, to accommodate external login provider.
  • Added: Site Defaults and Propagation areas now include new Authentication Method setting.
  • Changed: AddUser2 API will ignore any password if the site is set to use external login provider authentication.
  • Changed: Forgot Password functionality altered to take into account external provider authentication.
  • Changed: Forgot Password process look and feel was adjusted to match the rest of the interface.
  • Changed: Password related fields and options are now hidden if the site is set to external login provider authentication.
  • Changed: Site administrators can no longer create or delete users if the site is set to external login provider authentication.
  • Changed: System administrator credentials now use a one-way hashing method.
  • Changed: The GetSite APIs were altered to accommodate external login provider authentication.
  • Changed: The GetUser APIs were altered to accommodate external login provider authentication.
  • Changed: The svcGlobalUpdate API now allows propagation of the new external login provider authentication method.
  • Changed: UpdateUser2 API will ignore any password if the site is set to use external login provider authentication.
  • Changed: Users are no longer allowed to change their own password when their site uses the external login provider.
  • Fixed: Site tuning scan fails on some Wordpress sites.

New in SmarterStats Build 7978 (Nov 5, 2021)

  • Added: The ability to manually sort the order of report items when creating or editing a custom report.
  • Changed: Minor styling changes on dark theme to make it easier for people with visual impairments to read text.
  • Changed: Site tuning will now consider sites with and without a "www" in their hostnames as the same site. (E.g., example.com and www.example.com.)
  • Fixed: An issue capturing site tuning data for sites hosted with Mura CMS.
  • Fixed: Grids sometimes showed "Loading..." entries after scrolling.
  • Fixed: In Scheduled Email Reports, clicking on the Language header to sort by language resulted in a server error.
  • Fixed: New user window on Login page has a smaller font size than everything else.
  • Fixed: On the Forgot Login page, the tab order navigated to the CAPTCHA in the wrong order.
  • Fixed: On the Forgot Login page, the validation for fields have a very dark background color if user was last logged into the interface with dark theme.
  • Fixed: Site Tuning was not properly finding some pages when the site root had a page in it rather than just the host name.
  • Fixed: SmarterStats diagnostics page now resolves yahoo.com successfully.
  • Fixed: The text for @InvalidURL was not properly translated.
  • Fixed: When editing a site that has Site Tuning implemented, the header showed a rogue comma.
  • Fixed: When log analysis is disabled for a site, "View Site Stats" wasn't working for system administrators.
  • Removed: SmarterStats no longer has a dependency on WMI.

New in SmarterStats Build 7845 (Jun 25, 2021)

  • Fixed: On some reports, like Entry Files and Entry Pages, items that should be excluded via the applied Filter Set were still appearing in the report table.

New in SmarterStats Build 7789 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • Fixed: Byte order marks embedded within lines of log files will no longer skew results.
  • Fixed: Subsequent imports or reprocessing would sometimes convert Bot/Spider hits to normal traffic.

New in SmarterStats Build 7775 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Fixed: Data mining file browser shows only "/" and is unable to select any other files
  • Fixed: Increasing a report's number of Rows only works the first time

New in SmarterStats Build 7747 (Mar 19, 2021)

  • Added: Content Security Policy (CSP) settings
  • Added: Dark mode can now be toggled easily at the top of the interface
  • Changed: Checkboxes and dropdowns now look good in safari and are styled consistently
  • Changed: In a site's context menu, Delete was moved to be in a more appropriate location
  • Efficiency: Unused language strings were removed from the application to simplify translation efforts

New in SmarterStats Build 7656 (Dec 17, 2020)

  • Changed: Line thickness was increased in charts to make the lines and data more legible across themes.
  • Changed: Updated .zip and .gz compression modules to increase performance and to protect against a firewall stripping metadata from compressed files.
  • Changed: Updated third-party dependencies including jQuery and Bootstrap.
  • Fixed: Activate modal was not showing any warnings or validation errors when activation fails.
  • Fixed: If the Cities reports do not contain any data to show, they will now properly show the "This report returned no results" message.
  • Fixed: If the remote service is unreachable, the site settings page will now allow changes to all fields except for Site Tuning settings.
  • Fixed: License Limits Exceeded notice was showing up when the number of sites was equal to the license limit but not exceeding it.
  • Fixed: Licensing page was not showing data appropriately for Free edition.
  • Fixed: Site and Server Default Propagation modal was not correctly showing the results.
  • Fixed: The message "The server that handles the site could not be reached" shows on the first login attempt for some users.

New in SmarterStats Build 7600 (Oct 22, 2020)

  • IMPORTANT: To prevent a permissions error, the "Force all traffic over HTTPS" setting is now saved in the settings file instead of web.config. Those who previously had this setting enabled will need to re-apply it.
  • Added: Improved logging for email reports.
  • Added: New charting engine that doesn't rely on Google as an external dependency.
  • Fixed: A minor display bug with the buttons at the top of the interface.
  • Fixed: Bandwidth Out reports were not always showing all items properly.
  • Fixed: Context menu on Scheduled Email Reports page was showing the wrong text for Send Now.
  • Fixed: Context menu was missing from Sites page.
  • Fixed: Custom report items that reference reports that do not allow filter sets to be applied will no longer show the option in the interface.
  • Fixed: Daily Activity data mining report was not allowing you to group dates by week, month, etc.
  • Fixed: Delete button on the Sites page doesn't show the proper dialog.
  • Fixed: Monthly email reports were not sending properly.
  • Fixed: Path reports were not properly splitting requests into separate lines, and were incorrectly showing the hover menu on items.
  • Fixed: Selecting a different chart type or number of rows was not unchecking the old value.
  • Fixed: Setting an FTP password with special characters in site configuration would sometimes cause the page to refuse to save.
  • Fixed: Sites page was missing a title in the browser tab.
  • Fixed: Some Server Health reports were not sorting the chart properly.
  • Fixed: Spiders report should default to sorting by hits, not page views.
  • Fixed: Switching between reports no longer causes top bar elements to shift.
  • Fixed: The font used for right-click context menus on grids and the hover menu on reports is too small.
  • Fixed: The wrong message was showing if a Custom Report had no data to display.

New in SmarterStats Build 7579 (Oct 1, 2020)

  • Added: Dark Mode as an available option for the overall theme of SmarterStats.
  • Added: If a site's import didn't finish during its time slot, the status line on the site details page will show that it is not completed yet.
  • Added: IP Addresses Data Mining report now also shows hits.
  • Added: License screen shows Maintenance and Support expiration.
  • Added: Notifications and warnings about licensing now appear within the interface for administrators.
  • Added: Page Details now shows the page being inspected.
  • Added: Site Tuning details can now be exported as a CSV file.
  • Added: Site Tuning results now have a summary by page.
  • Added: When editing a site, the options that appear in the Actions dropdown mirror those available when viewing all sites.
  • Changed: "Missing Sitemap Page" in Site Tuning has been renamed to "Missing Page in Sitemap".
  • Changed: Alert style has been updated.
  • Changed: Changing a site's URL will now update the starting URL for Site Tuning.
  • Changed: Custom Reports area has been redesigned to be easier to understand.
  • Changed: Data Mining now shows all individual reports on the left, with specific options on the right.
  • Changed: Impersonate user is now easier to find for the System Administrator.
  • Changed: Initial setup wizard was simplified for new users.
  • Changed: Left tree has been simplified.
  • Changed: Licensing page simplified.
  • Changed: Modals have been altered to show the primary action button (usually OK) on the right side, with Cancel or Close to the left of it.
  • Changed: Most dialogs will not pop up new windows or tabs.
  • Changed: Printing reports no longer requires print friendly popup.
  • Changed: Propagation options are now under default settings pages.
  • Changed: Rank was removed from the Return Visits Report because it was confusing, and by default it will sort by Return Visits.
  • Changed: Rank was removed from the Views per Visit Report because it was confusing.
  • Changed: Scheduled Email Reports has been moved into the custom reports area.
  • Changed: Service to Web Interface communication layer updated to gRPC.
  • Changed: Site Tuning summary has a more consistent look.
  • Changed: Spider selection modal has been simplified.
  • Changed: Theme is now only set at the system level and user level. User theme is only applied for that user and not when impersonating.
  • Changed: Third party dependencies have been updated for stability and performance.
  • Changed: Updated the interface to make it consistent with the new SmarterTools design modal.
  • Fixed: Adding, editing, and deleting a Custom Report does not update the interface until after a refresh.
  • Fixed: Changing a general setting for a site when impersonated re-logs in as the System Administrator.
  • Fixed: Clicking on a Site Tuning result shows all results, but should show a modal for just the result clicked on.
  • Fixed: Consistency for Site Tuning "pages processed" indicators.
  • Fixed: Disabled input fields are now visibly different than normal input fields.
  • Fixed: Grids will no longer show the last entry as being cut off when the page extends beyond the height of the monitor.
  • Fixed: In Google Chrome, the navigation pane fails to change/refresh when navigating from Site Activity to a different menu icon.
  • Fixed: Minor HTML error in self-checkup page.
  • Fixed: Page Details popup should only show page activity when drilled into from a report, and should only show site tuning errors when opened from Site Tuning.
  • Fixed: Report hover menu will now allow the entire cell to be clickable.
  • Fixed: Reprocess dialog was incorrectly showing Site Tuning as a possible folder to reprocess.
  • Fixed: Resolved an issue that could cause reprocessing statistics for a site to not properly take that site's time zone into account.
  • Fixed: Resolved an issue where IPv6 IP addresses in logs could cause exceptions while importing.
  • Fixed: Resolved an issue with Site Tuning detecting incorrect link urls on some types of pages, resulting in "Broken Link" false positives.
  • Fixed: Resolved some consistency issues in grids.
  • Fixed: Scrolling through a large list of Site Tuning results would sometimes scramble the order of items.
  • Fixed: Select boxes were not showing with the correct font.
  • Fixed: Separators on Site Tuning page summary popup aren't consistent.
  • Fixed: Site Tuning will no longer consider urls that only differ in an ending slash to be duplicate pages. (E.g. "/users" and "/users/".)
  • Fixed: Site Tuning will no longer show errors when popping up details about results if log analysis is disabled for a site.
  • Fixed: Sites grid status column now shows proper status when sites are paused or disabled.
  • Fixed: Some grids were cutting off bottom item.
  • Fixed: Some zip files could not be read on FIPS compliant systems.
  • Fixed: System level reports were not properly showing the "Generating Report" indicator.
  • Fixed: The Page Column grid in Site Tuning was too wide.
  • Fixed: Time control on Server Defaults resized improperly.
  • Fixed: User sessions were getting lost on some systems, requiring frequent logins.
  • Fixed: When a session times out, and Remember Me is checked, only inner frame is being replaced.
  • Fixed: When Page Details was popped up from Site Tuning, sometimes one page's results would show up in another page's popup.
  • Removed: SEO functionality that uses web scraping has been removed from SmarterStats, due to changes by Google and others that prevent this feature from running properly.
  • Security: Resolved a security issue related to service communication.

New in SmarterStats Build 7515 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • Changed: View Logs results panel now displays the text in an easier to read way.
  • Efficiency: Improved memory and CPU efficiency when importing log files and running reports.
  • Fixed: Checkup and login pages now show the proper SmarterStats build and .net framework version.
  • Fixed: Custom report editor will now properly set selected chart values.
  • Fixed: Importing was not correctly interpreting IPv6 IPs.
  • Fixed: Searching multiple times in Log Viewer in the web interface could sometimes fail.
  • Fixed: Server summary reports show the server ID instead of the name.
  • Fixed: Site Tuning would sometimes not find links in some sites.
  • Fixed: User agent parser was not completely thread safe in some circumstances.
  • Fixed: View logs page was missing one of the log types.
  • Fixed: Web interface logs cannot be searched or downloaded.
  • Removed: Redundant message at the top of admin-level site summary reports.

New in SmarterStats Build 7422 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • Added: SmarterStats translation files are now included with the SmarterStats program files by default.
  • Changed: Updated the Brasilia timezone to accommodate for the removal of DST.
  • Fixed: Authenticated Users report returns no results.
  • Fixed: Certain query rules can cause the raw logs for views and visits to return inaccurate results.
  • Fixed: The Demographic reports for Countries, Regions and Cities return no results.
  • Security: This build resolves a security vulnerability. It is recommended to update to this version or higher.

New in SmarterStats Build 7219 (Oct 8, 2019)

  • Changed: Minor styling update.
  • Changed: Updated the GeoIP files.
  • Changed: Updated the list of bots SmarterStats is looking for to account for any new Search Engine spiders.
  • Changed: Updated User Agent file to account for the new Chromium Edge and Brave browsers.
  • Fixed: An error for "Cannot find viable address" happening for some email reports.
  • Fixed: API for executing "/DataMining/QueryItems" appears to need the File and FilterSet parameter to execute properly, but fails if they are provided.
  • Fixed: Email reports are not including the exclude filters.
  • Fixed: Filter set causing reports to be empty even when there are things for the filter.
  • Fixed: Filter sets are not being applied.
  • Fixed: Initially adding a site can cause an error when loading the site configuration.
  • Fixed: Issue that could cause Email Reports to not send.
  • Fixed: Issue that could cause IP Address report to be blank.
  • Fixed: Referrer By Site report can be missing some sites.
  • Fixed: Scheduled Email reports are not sending to the CC address.
  • Fixed: Site preview pane shows SEO Disabled while the site config shows SEO Enabled.
  • Fixed: Site tuning can lose all information under certain circumstances.

New in SmarterStats 11.3.6922 (Dec 15, 2018)

  • Added: SMTP option to allow TLS.
  • Removed: SEO "Positioning" reports.

New in SmarterStats 11.3.6480 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • IMPORTANT: Build 11.3.6480 resolves an XSS vulnerability. It is recommended to update to this version or higher.
  • Fixed: Logs not saving to correct location.
  • Fixed: Resolved an issue that caused scheduled email reports to sometimes fail to send.
  • Fixed: When a directory does not exist on an FTP server, SmarterStats will now properly close the connection.

New in SmarterStats 11.3.6347 (Jun 24, 2017)

  • Added: Support for RFC 7239 for forwarded IP Addresses.
  • Changed: New installations will now default Site Tuning and SEO site settings to off.
  • Changed: Site Tuning will no longer scan external links at google.com (and international variants) and bing.com, to avoid the server getting rate limited.
  • Fixed: Connections to SFTP servers using password only authentication (no public key) now work properly.
  • Fixed: If a custom report contains a geographic report without a chart, it can no longer show an error if emailed.
  • Fixed: Test button now works when adding a log source of SFTP or FTPS.
  • Fixed: When enabling SSL within the SMTP settings, port 587 is used by default for SSL connections.
  • Fixed: Wizard now shows errors and success correctly.

New in SmarterStats 11.2.6130 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • Released on Oct 13, 2016
  • Fixed: ActivateLicenseKey Web Service call now works as expected.
  • Fixed: An issue that caused daily reporting to error.
  • Fixed: Filter sets are applied to Authenticated Users.
  • Fixed: FTP Logs now show in the web interface as expected.

New in SmarterStats 10.5.5751 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • Fixed: Custom Reports now properly show maps corresponding to the data provided.
  • Fixed: Datamining now takes into account the Date Start value when browsing for files to datamine.

New in SmarterStats 10.4.5703 (Aug 14, 2015)

  • Added: Updated Browser User Agents to include Windows Edge.
  • Added: Updated Operating Systems User Agents to include Windows 10.
  • Added: Updated Spiders and Bots User Agents to include Applebot.
  • Changed: Decreased the frequency in which SEO data is pulled for sites.
  • Fixed: A case where SEO Keyword Suggestions would not properly return.
  • Fixed: Settings in Custom Reports are now applied properly to reports.

New in SmarterStats 10.4.5696 (Aug 7, 2015)

  • Changed: SEO and Site Tuning is no longer enabled by default for each site on new installations.
  • Efficiency: Significant performance improvements on sites that have many log files.
  • Fixed: Activation through automation web services now functions properly.
  • Fixed: SEO Visibility Trend report now loads as expected.

New in SmarterStats 10.4.5654 (Jun 26, 2015)

  • Efficiency: Generating charts on larger sites now occurs much faster.
  • Efficiency: Importing is now more efficient when using Import Filters.
  • Efficiency: Significant memory and CPU reduction in service for larger sites.
  • Fixed: Active Processes page will no longer show Idle sites.
  • Fixed: Active Processes page will now update correctly.
  • Fixed: Active Processes view will now properly show activity on servers.
  • Fixed: Data mining referrer reports will no longer show a blank line for unknown referrers.
  • Fixed: Data mining will no longer fail to return results if a date is entered outside of the data set date range.
  • Fixed: Reports will no longer fail to come up when reports take a significant amount of time to appear.
  • Fixed: Server IP field (s-ip) will now be read properly from log files.
  • Security: Report handler now does additional user verification checks.

New in SmarterStats 10.3.5619 (May 22, 2015)

  • Added: Applebot is now detected as a spider.
  • Added: Browser detection for Microsoft Edge.
  • Changed: If AddSite4 web service is called with a log location that does not include a value for LocationGuid, one will be generated.
  • Changed: Web services will now add http:// to the beginning of the Domain URL if it is not passed in correctly.
  • Fixed: In SEO PageRank Trend, Position Trend, and Visibility Trend reports, the "Competitor" drop down is now properly labeled.
  • Fixed: In SEO Position by Keyword and Position Trend reports, the "Site" drop down is now properly labeled.
  • Fixed: Referring Sites and Referring Links reports now show properly even if a site does not have a domain URL configured.
  • Fixed: Referring Sites report will no longer separate different casings of the same item.
  • Fixed: SEO reports will now show properly in custom and scheduled email reports.

New in SmarterStats 10.2.5598 (May 1, 2015)

  • Added: Google.PT is now in search engine list.
  • Fixed: Editing or adding a page alias directly from a report will now function properly with pages that contain query string items.
  • Fixed: Referring Links report now properly includes query string items.
  • Fixed: Resolved an issue where Server selection in server level reports was not taking effect.
  • Fixed: Search engine reports now have proper default sorting selections and chart options.

New in SmarterStats 10.2.5584 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • ADDED: Google.pt is now available in SEO.
  • CHANGED: EULA has been updated to accommodate white labeling.

New in SmarterStats 10.1.5556 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • EFFICIENCY: Performance increase in Site Activity > Files reports.
  • FIXED: A problem with importing log folders that contain sub-folders with duplicate file names was resolved.
  • FIXED: Admin level trend reports now group properly.
  • FIXED: Demographics reports now properly sort by region and country.
  • FIXED: Directory hits will no longer show duplicate "/" characters.
  • FIXED: Email reports containing SEO report items now function properly.
  • FIXED: Email reports will now function properly for system level reports.
  • FIXED: Empty c-ip entries in logs will no longer cause import exceptions to be logged.
  • FIXED: PDF export will now function properly for system level reports.
  • FIXED: Print preview now delays slightly to allow charts to initialize on browsers that stall it.
  • FIXED: Report timeout increased.
  • FIXED: Resolved an issue with duplicate email reports sending in some time zones.
  • FIXED: Scheduled Email Reports page now properly converts Last Sent to site user's time zone.
  • FIXED: Search engine selection now takes effect on SEO reports.
  • FIXED: Server Traffic Trend report will now function properly when looking at a single day and will properly include the last day in range reports.

New in SmarterStats 10.1.5529 (Feb 21, 2015)

  • FIXED: Browsing FTP folders now works as expected.
  • FIXED: Charts will now display properly over HTTPS.
  • FIXED: Filter sets ending with a '/' are handled properly.
  • FIXED: Import Filters will no longer cause Visits numbers to be too low in reports when visitors hit an excluded record at the beginning of their session.
  • FIXED: Query web service functions will now function properly if a server with ID of 1 does not exist.
  • FIXED: Server level reports now properly sort.
  • FIXED: Site tuning page will now properly show results immediately after scanning.
  • FIXED: UNC log sources will now work properly with Workgroups.

New in SmarterStats 10.0.5420 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • ADDED: A site count displaying the total number of sites configured is now shown in the management interface.
  • ADDED: A specific month can be chosen for re-importing logs.
  • ADDED: A specific month can be chosen for reprocessing.
  • ADDED: Ability to cancel the reprocessing of logs for a site.
  • ADDED: Ability to compress original logs after a specified amount of time.
  • ADDED: Ability to customize interface colors and add custom CSS.
  • ADDED: Ability to datamine IP addresses.
  • ADDED: Ability to force all traffic related to the SmarterStats application over HTTPS.
  • ADDED: Ability to modify the default time that email reports are scheduled to be sent after.
  • ADDED: Ability to propagate the site setting "Look for logs in .gz and .zip archives".
  • ADDED: Ability to propagate the site setting “Include logs stored in subfolders”.
  • ADDED: Brute Force Detection for the Web interface login.
  • ADDED: Informational message for site tuning errors.
  • ADDED: IP Addresses report now includes a 'View Details' button which shows DNS resolution and statistics.
  • ADDED: New API documentation browser.
  • ADDED: System and site level UNC credentials can now be used instead of modifying the SmarterStats service.
  • ADDED: View Site Stats option has been added to the Actions menu.
  • ADDED: Web Service examples for using query.asmx to display data outside of SmarterStats.
  • CHANGED: All supported Internet Explorer versions are properly detected, regardless of whether compatibility mode is used.
  • CHANGED: Referrals reports will no longer show if a valid URL is not configured for the site.
  • EFFICIENCY: IIS 6.0 Management Compatibility (and all subsets therein) is no longer needed.
  • EFFICIENCY: Updated jquery integration.
  • EFFICIENCY: User Agents report has been updated to include new devices and operating systems.
  • FIXED: An issue where a notice of invalid permissions was incorrectly displayed.
  • FIXED: Horizontal scroll bar is no longer needed when entering a URL for Site Tuning.
  • FIXED: Setting for "Include logs stored in subfolders" now properly takes into account site defaults when creating a site.
  • FIXED: Site Tuning now properly accounts for the number of max pages to be crawled.
  • FIXED: Site Tuning now properly works after a service restart.
  • FIXED: SmarterLogs are now labeled correctly when using site propagation.
  • REMOVED: "No Referrer" information has been removed from Referrals reports.
  • REMOVED: Referring URLs report has been removed and its data added to the Referring Links report.

New in SmarterStats 9.3.5409 (Oct 24, 2014)

  • CHANGED: A static message is now displayed when Site Administrators access the email settings of a site, if the system administrator has already configured SMTP settings.
  • FIXED: An error that would be thrown if a custom report contained reports no longer available in SmarterStats.
  • FIXED: Custom reports keep sort order when generated.
  • FIXED: If no keyword suggestions are available, a notification will now be displayed.
  • FIXED: Licenses should no longer deactivate in certain cases.
  • FIXED: Only one 'Traffic Trend' option will now be listed when adding custom report items.
  • FIXED: SEO reports now display correctly in cases where a different search engine is used exclusively.

New in SmarterStats 9.2.5360 (Sep 5, 2014)

  • FIXED: An issue where the folder path did not properly populate for Data Mining queries.
  • FIXED: Email reports now properly include PDF and CSV attachments.
  • FIXED: Filter sets are now properly applied to Custom Reports.
  • FIXED: GZ files will no longer be downloaded from FTP if they don't match the log file mask.
  • FIXED: Server level reports now export to PDF as expected.
  • FIXED: Top Documents and Top Downloads reports no longer show the root directory in reporting.
  • FIXED: Top Pages report now properly reports on pages where extensions are not used or included.
  • FIXED: XML files with MIME type application/xml will now be scanned during site tuning.

New in SmarterStats 9.1.5339 (Aug 16, 2014)

  • FIXED: An issue where SEO reports were not correctly displaying data for the date selected.
  • FIXED: Custom reports now properly show the configured chart type.
  • FIXED: Filter sets are now properly applied to Server Utilization and Page Utilization Reports.
  • FIXED: Filter sets are now properly applied to Visitors reports.
  • FIXED: Import from IIS now works as expected for installations with a large number of sites.
  • FIXED: Logs now properly import when a client IP port number is included in the raw logs.
  • FIXED: Query.asmx web service now can accept a Server ID key\value pair to access sites on different servers.
  • FIXED: Server level reports will not provide a 500 level error in rare cases.
  • FIXED: Server level reports will not throw an error if a remote server is unavailable.
  • FIXED: Server level reports will not throw an error if no sites are hosted on a remote server.
  • FIXED: Site Traffic Summary report properly returns bandwidth for each site.
  • FIXED: Site Visitors Summary report now properly displays return visitors.
  • FIXED: Statistics.asmx web service now properly returns data for 'GetVisitorsForSite'.
  • FIXED: Top Pages report now includes root folder views in report totals.

New in SmarterStats 9.0.5318 (Jul 28, 2014)

  • FIXED: A null reference exception regarding the UtcToLocal time function used by SEO Processing.
  • FIXED: GetActivityForSite web service now returns data as expected.
  • FIXED: Pop-up windows would shrink and refuse to resize in Firefox version 31.0.

New in SmarterStats 9.0.5305 (Jul 15, 2014)

  • ADDED: AddSite4 has been added to the SmarterStats web services. This now accounts for the DomainUrl field when adding a site.
  • FIXED: A Javascript error that occurred when Af.length was null.
  • FIXED: A null reference exception regarding GetSeoProcessingPercent has been resolved.
  • FIXED: IP address resolution now works as expected.
  • FIXED: svcSiteAdmin - GetRequestedSettings now properly returns the max campaigns.

New in SmarterStats 9.0.5289 (Jun 26, 2014)

  • FIXED: A JavaScript error that would cause charts to not display on some machines.
  • FIXED: A null reference exception regarding GetSoeProcessingPercent.

New in SmarterStats 9.0.5283 (Jun 20, 2014)

  • FIXED: Web interface will no longer fail to switch tabs on Internet Explorer 9.

New in SmarterStats 9.0.5280 (Jun 17, 2014)

  • ADDED: Clicking on a data point in charts now highlights the row you were working on.
  • ADDED: Discoverable query system that can be easily queried through web services.
  • ADDED: Email reports can now be sent with CSV or PDF attachments of the report.
  • ADDED: Failure to load AppConfig.xml will now result in automatic revert to backup file.
  • ADDED: Friendly error pages.
  • ADDED: Improved report printing window that prints more closely to how the report looks in the browser.
  • ADDED: Log paths can now recursively search child folders.
  • ADDED: Low disk space monitoring will prevent processing of data or downloading of logs when disk space is critical.
  • ADDED: Many new types of devices are now detected, including Kindle Fire, Google Glass, PS4, and many others.
  • ADDED: Mobile Devices report.
  • ADDED: More Google spiders to the user agent detections.
  • ADDED: New reporting engine with resizable and interactive charts.
  • ADDED: New web service function: SiteAdmin.asmx/GetSiteByName.
  • ADDED: Reports can now be exported as PDF.
  • ADDED: Several new search engines and bots.
  • CHANGED: 'Unknown' and 'No User Agent (masked)' counts are now combined into one single number on user agent reports.
  • CHANGED: Chart type options are now selectable without a sub-menu.
  • CHANGED: Export menu has been redesigned as a dropdown menu rather then a separate popup window.
  • CHANGED: Filter set definition has been simplified and no longer requires a '!' on inclusion items.
  • CHANGED: Local processing service now shows up with the computer's machine name instead of localhost.
  • CHANGED: Logging out of an impersonated site now closes the window rather than ending the entire session.
  • CHANGED: Logging screens improved for viewing.
  • CHANGED: Site name is now included on printed reports.
  • CHANGED: SmarterStats self diagnostic page provides more information.
  • CHANGED: SmarterStats system-level logs are now automatically deleted after 30 days.
  • EFFICIENCY: Browser performance optimizations for web interface.
  • EFFICIENCY: Process metrics will now use less memory.
  • EFFICIENCY: Reporting engine now uses lower resources and much lower bandwidth.
  • EFFICIENCY: Several optimizations to code structure, allowing for faster startup and reduced resource usage.
  • FIXED: FTP now pulls in compressed logs when indicated.
  • FIXED: Search Engine Breakdown now properly represents log data.
  • FIXED: Server level log search now functions as expected.
  • FIXED: Site SEO Config file will now load from backup properly if required.
  • FIXED: When FTP is configured, log auto-delete settings will no longer appear.
  • REMOVED: Dual axis option for charts was removed to reduce confusion and misunderstandings of chart data.
  • REMOVED: ISP and Organization reports removed due to licensing change with data provider.
  • REMOVED: Option to get keyword suggestions based off of a list of keywords.
  • REMOVED: Plain Text only reports.
  • REMOVED: Recent Visitor reports removed.
  • REMOVED: Severity column from Spiders and Page Utilization reports.
  • REMOVED: Tab delimited exporting was removed in favor of CSV.

New in SmarterStats 8.5.5266 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • FIXED: Resolved a null reference exception in FullSiteUpdate
  • FIXED: Site SEO Config file will now load from backup properly if required

New in SmarterStats 8.5.5220 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • ADDED: New web service function: SiteAdmin.asmx/GetSiteByName
  • FIXED: Get keyword suggestions now works as expected
  • FIXED: Server level log searching now functions as expected
  • FIXED: Site Tuning will no longer prompt a warning if a sitemap.xml.gz filetype is used

New in SmarterStats 8.5.5171 (Mar 26, 2014)

  • EFFICIENCY: Web interface performance improvements when servers have many sites.
  • FIXED: SMTP EHLO commands now include hostname of the SmarterStats server.

New in SmarterStats 8.5.5136 (Jan 30, 2014)

  • ADDED: Detection for Internet Explorer 11+.
  • ADDED: Several new bots and spiders were added.
  • FIXED: Internet Explorer will now properly switch sections in the web interface.
  • FIXED: Login form now works properly in Internet Explorer 11.
  • FIXED: Server level reports will now properly take sort order into account.

New in SmarterStats 8.4.5017 (Sep 28, 2013)

  • ADDED: Internet Explorer 11 support.

New in SmarterStats 8.4.5010 (Sep 23, 2013)

  • FIXED: After finishing an FTP download, the site will start processing more quickly.
  • FIXED: After importing FTP downloaded logs, the downloaded files will be properly deleted after they are one day old.
  • FIXED: Compression level server setting will now persist between restarts.
  • FIXED: FTP servers that delay goodbye results slightly will no longer cause stats to stall.
  • FIXED: FTP will now honor the file mask properly.
  • FIXED: Log search results box in View Logs page now properly resizes horizontally and does not change formatting of log file.
  • FIXED: Site that is currently processing stats after an FTP download will no longer show "Waiting to import until FTP finishes the download"
  • FIXED: SmarterStats is now more tolerant of corrupt log files.

New in SmarterStats 8.3.4975 (Aug 17, 2013)

  • CHANGED: The interval for SEO calls has been increased from 20 seconds to 2 minutes.
  • FIXED: An active FTP session will no longer significantly slow down service stops.
  • FIXED: Connecting to an older Microsoft FTP server that uses 2 digit years will no longer cause log files to be downloaded repeatedly.
  • FIXED: Errors while creating or editing a server will now display properly.
  • FIXED: Internal web server now properly persists its startup mode for future reinstalls of the product.
  • FIXED: Removed a cause of TMP files remaining after an FTP session ends.
  • FIXED: SEO Reports now show data for keywords with a period.

New in SmarterStats 8.2.4931 (Jul 3, 2013)

  • CHANGED: The interval for SEO calls has been increased to prevent blocking.
  • FIXED: Failure messages when creating or editing a server will now appear correctly.
  • FIXED: SEO Reports now show data for keywords with a period.

New in SmarterStats 8.2.4898 (May 31, 2013)

  • ADDED: New custom report date range options have been added for last 90 days and last 365 days.
  • FIXED: Default sorting option will now be properly selected when adding/editing a custom report item.
  • FIXED: Help will no longer revert back to old version.
  • FIXED: Import filters, data mining, and page aliases will now function properly when page names are pasted directly from reports.
  • FIXED: Log rows with a status code of 206 are now properly processed as new hits or continuations.
  • FIXED: Logs being accessed by IIS at the time of import will no longer fail to import.
  • FIXED: SmarterStats service will no longer fail to start after OS reboot.

New in SmarterStats 8.1.4870 (May 3, 2013)

  • ADDED: Web service documentation now allows you to expand or contract all items.
  • FIXED: An issue where logs weren't being processed because of a log being 0 kb in size.
  • FIXED: Corrupt SiteConfig.xml files will no longer cause all processing to stop. SmarterStats will attempt to load data from backup files and safely fail if unsuccessful.
  • FIXED: Daily email reports now send correctly for sites with delayed log processing.
  • FIXED: Scheduled email reports now work correctly when pushing "Send Now."
  • FIXED: Tree view items are now highlight correctly for the currently selected item.

New in SmarterStats 8.0.4842 (Apr 5, 2013)

  • CHANGED: Long file names uploaded in the web interface are now truncated instead of wrapping.
  • CHANGED: Viewing the Web interface in compatibility mode is now prevented when using Internet Explorer.
  • FIXED: Email reports are now sent out correctly and on time for various time spans.
  • FIXED: Error messages are now scrollable allowing long error messages to be viewed.
  • FIXED: Importing compressed log directories that contain empty log files will no longer abort import.
  • FIXED: Sorting in the Sites grid now correctly sorts by the most recent sort chosen.
  • FIXED: The DateTime picker now functions correctly when the browser has Australian selected for the language.
  • FIXED: Using the impersonate window in Internet Explorer no longer returns a 404 not found.

New in SmarterStats 8.0.4821 (Apr 3, 2013)

  • FIXED: An unconnected server can now be edited properly.
  • FIXED: Buttons will now appear correctly in Import Filters page.
  • FIXED: Context menu in the Sites grid now functions properly.
  • FIXED: Geographic databases updated for better accuracy.
  • FIXED: Report menus that pop up a modal window now allow clicking on the filter name, not just the arrow.
  • FIXED: Run Diagnostics button now appears correctly in the Servers page.
  • FIXED: Server Traffic Trend Reports will now correctly show the year.

New in SmarterStats 8.0.4807 (Apr 3, 2013)

  • IMPORTANT: Major versions contain architecture changes that prevent downgrading to previous major versions. Prior to upgrades, have a full backup if you may intend to rollback to a previous major version.
  • ADDED: Auto-generated API documentation now allows details to be shown/hidden.
  • ADDED: Back end changes and improvements to support the latest generations of browsers.
  • ADDED: Cookies Notification on all login areas to comply with EU Cookie Laws.
  • ADDED: Email reports will now wait until data is available before they are sent.
  • ADDED: Geographic reports now include Unique Visitor counts.
  • ADDED: Help pages have been implemented for every page if not there previously.
  • ADDED: In Enterprise Edition, the sites list can now be filtered by server, making it much easier for administrators to review them.
  • ADDED: Log format is now auto-detected for each file, so it is no longer necessary to know what type of log is being imported.
  • ADDED: Rotating log files are now supported automatically by SmarterStats to better support Linux and Apache administrators and web servers.
  • ADDED: SmarterStats will now detect the integrity of SEO website searches and update automatically if search engines change.
  • ADDED: Status messages and tip text now drops down from the top of the page and no longer disrupt the page flow.
  • ADDED: The web interface now supports right to left languages to better accommodate countries with non-Western character sets.
  • CHANGED: Buttons that save or commit changes in modal windows have been moved to the right to be consistent with user interface standards.
  • CHANGED: Fixed sizing of many dialog boxes and input fields to make them easier to use.
  • CHANGED: Geographic database updated with new IP information.
  • CHANGED: Language strings have been simplified so that they are easier to translate.
  • CHANGED: The help link now defaults to "help for this page."
  • CHANGED: The help popup has been moved to a drop down selection list in the top right of the interface.
  • EFFICIENCY: CSS files have been converted to LESS which makes stylesheets much smaller, more efficient and speeds up rendering in browsers.
  • EFFICIENCY: Greatly increased the speed of log file imports.
  • EFFICIENCY: Greatly reduced the amount of memory needed to import log files.
  • EFFICIENCY: Increased performance and reduced memory requirements for loading sections of the web interface.
  • EFFICIENCY: Re-factored and completely re-wrote many areas of the web interface to reduce the amount of JavaScript code, CSS and HTML, making the entire web interface much faster, much more responsive and much lighter weight.
  • EFFICIENCY: Report names "Phrase Sources" and "Keyword Sources" have been changed to "Phrases by Source" and "Keywords by Source" respectively.
  • EFFICIENCY: The button bars were re-factored to be lighter weight controls.
  • EFFICIENCY: The context menus were re-factored to be lighter weight controls.
  • EFFICIENCY: The date pickers were re-factored to be lighter weight controls.
  • EFFICIENCY: The tree view controls were re-factored to be lighter weight controls.
  • FIXED: Exporting report data now saves the file as the report name rather than just "ExportedData".
  • FIXED: Missing images were corrected on the Log Analysis tab of the Edit Site popup.
  • FIXED: Outbound HTTP requests from server will no longer consume all http connections.
  • FIXED: Page details popup no longer shows "No Items" twice.
  • FIXED: Renamed or compressed log files will no longer be re-imported as if they were new.
  • FIXED: Select All will now function properly on the Custom Reports grid.
  • FIXED: Selecting one or more suggested site will now properly add them to your list.
  • FIXED: Test SMTP now functions properly in getting started wizard.
  • FIXED: When activating a license, the interface now refreshes and redirects to the license page.
  • REMOVED: Removed the "do not show this again" option on modal windows.
  • REMOVED: The option to enable/disable animations in the web interface has been removed.

New in SmarterStats 7.7.4786 (Feb 8, 2013)

  • EFFICIENCY: Increased the responsiveness of the management interface when switching between sections.
  • FIXED: An error will no longer occur when a title isn't provided for scheduled email reports.
  • FIXED: Email report settings now function as expected when using SSL.
  • FIXED: FTP will now properly download from Microsoft FTP server on newer Windows Server machines.
  • FIXED: The setting to include GZ files will now be set properly editing FTP log locations for sites.

New in SmarterStats 7.7.4703 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • EFFICIENCY: Increased the responsiveness of the management interface when switching between sections.
  • FIXED: An error will no longer occur when a title isn't provided for scheduled email reports.
  • FIXED: Email report settings now function as expected when using SSL.
  • FIXED: The setting to include GZ files will now be set properly editing FTP log locations for sites.

New in SmarterStats 7.6.4695 (Nov 9, 2012)

  • ADDED: Language can now be set when using the auto login script for site administrators.
  • FIXED: Configuring the Included Web Server to listen on All IP Addresses will now function correctly.
  • FIXED: Remote servers will no longer be able to get added when SmarterStats cannot connect to it.

New in SmarterStats 7.6.4682 (Oct 29, 2012)

  • FIXED: Email report log will now log the report frequency correctly.
  • FIXED: Installer no longer flags service as Interact With Desktop.
  • FIXED: Installer now functions properly on Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.
  • FIXED: Internet Explorer will no longer require using compatibility mode when accessing SmarterStats.
  • FIXED: The management interface will now load correctly when one or more remote servers aren't available.

New in SmarterStats 6.5.4310 (Oct 22, 2011)

  • CHANGED: Updated SEO definitions to accomodate for changes to Google PageRank algorithm
  • CHANGED: Updated SEO definitions to accomodate for changes to keyword ranking algorithms

New in SmarterStats 6.5.4296 (Oct 7, 2011)

  • FIXED: A favorite report that is edited will now function properly when viewing the report.
  • FIXED: Percentage bars in email reports now display correctly.
  • FIXED: Propagating server settings no longer causes the service to fail to stop.
  • FIXED: Resolved a cause of high memory situations.
  • FIXED: Scheduled email reports now apply selected filter set(s) as expected

New in SmarterStats 6.4.4254 (Aug 27, 2011)

  • ADDED: New definitions to improve spider and bot detection
  • CHANGED: Geographic databases updated for better location resolution.
  • CHANGED: Report items in the custom report editor are now sorted alphabetically.
  • CHANGED: Scheduled email reports now send after 4:00 AM in the timezone set for the website to accommodate higher-workload servers.
  • FIXED: Editing a site with multiple primary administrators no longer displays an error.
  • FIXED: Leased licenses now properly remain activated.
  • FIXED: Paths with encoded characters such as + and ' now function as expected in data mining.
  • FIXED: Problems with system performance counters will no longer cause SmarterStats to use a lot of CPU trying to examine them.
  • FIXED: SEO rankings now properly ignore Google's "Places for X near Y" results.
  • FIXED: Server propagation no longer displays an error when a connection to a server times out.
  • FIXED: Sorting now functions as expected in the Spider Daily Totals report.
  • FIXED: The report item Daily Visit Length and the data mining report Daily Activity now show data correctly when added to custom reports
  • FIXED: Updated Google definitions to accommodate the search engine's rendering changes implemented on 8/14/2011.

New in SmarterStats 6.3.4212 (Jul 15, 2011)

  • CHANGED: When editing a site, the Site URL field is now pre-filled with the assigned value.
  • FIXED: Adjusted processing to ignore timeouts when processing from FTP logs, allowing SmarterStats to process all FTP logs.
  • FIXED: Custom and favorite reports now display the date range that was used when creating the report.
  • FIXED: Custom reports that were set to sort by day in SmarterStats 5.x and earlier are now upgraded correctly.
  • FIXED: IP address based reports with IP address resolution enabled are now generated much faster.
  • FIXED: Numeric fields no longer include comma separators when exported to a comma or tab delimited file due to some cultures use of commas as a decimal separator.
  • FIXED: SEO processing of Google results now handles video and image search results correctly.
  • FIXED: SmarterStats now remembers the previous installation path when upgrading.
  • FIXED: The SmarterStats web interface folder permissions are now set up in a way that allows it to work under IIS 7.5 without any additional permissions changes by the user.

New in SmarterStats 6.2.4100 (Jul 6, 2011)

  • FIXED: SEO processing for keywords and sites in Google has been updated to reflect a recent change in how Google search results are returned.

New in SmarterStats 6.2.4072 (Jul 6, 2011)

  • CHANGED: Changed how SEO calls are made to Google and its language-specific domains (i.e. google.es, google.uk) to help prevent blocking delays.
  • FIXED: SmarterStats now correctly differentiates between webmail referrals and search engine referrals.
  • FIXED: The built-in Web server now returns HTTP version 1.1 as expected.
  • FIXED: The GetActivityForServer function in the statistics Web service now functions as expected.
  • FIXED: The GetForServer function in the bandwidth Web service now functions as expected.

New in SmarterStats 6.1.3974 (Jul 6, 2011)

  • EFFICIENCY: The Sites page of the system administrator interface now retrieves the activity and status information for the sites currently displayed on the page instead of all of the sites in the system.
  • FIXED: Switching between data mining queries now retains the filename or IP address to generate accurate reports.

New in SmarterStats 6.0.3932 (Jul 6, 2011)

  • ADDED: A new report detailing the ISPs of site visitors.
  • ADDED: A new report item for mobile device versions that displays the most popular versions of mobile devices used to access the site.
  • ADDED: A popup window with a Getting Started checklist to help system administrators get new installations up and running.
  • ADDED: A redesigned user interface that improves performance and usability.
  • ADDED: All report pages now indicate the date ranges of imported log files.
  • ADDED: An option to set the base URL for the site to make URL links in reports clickable.
  • ADDED: Browser and platform reports now separate blank (masked) user agents from unknown user agents.
  • ADDED: Browser definitions have been updated to improve support for Safari and Opera. In addition, more detail about versions of browsers is now available.
  • ADDED: Dozens of new spider and bot detections, plus routines to detect generic unknown bots, spiders and crawlers.
  • ADDED: Dual axis charting for many reports, resulting in reports that are easier to read and better for detecting trends.
  • ADDED: Email reports now display an error message if email settings are not defined.
  • ADDED: Filter sets now include easy ways to exclude blank user agents and referrers.
  • ADDED: Geographic cities reports now include the state/province of the city, if applicable.
  • ADDED: Import from IIS now imports default documents and site name as well as log location.
  • ADDED: International Google site definitions for monitoring and evaluating SEO efforts.
  • ADDED: New overview reports to key interface sections.
  • ADDED: Pie charts have been completely redesigned and now include "Other Items" so that the chart is correct no matter how many table rows are displayed.
  • ADDED: Platform definitions have been updated to support many new devices, such as the iPad, iPhone and Android. They also detect existing platforms better and provide more information, such as specific models of BlackBerry devices.
  • ADDED: Search bar added to top of some configuration pages.
  • ADDED: Slashes (/) in reports are now rendered differently to make URLs easier to read.
  • ADDED: The ability to cancel report generation by closing the progress window.
  • ADDED: The ability to quickly data mine IP addresses in report items.
  • ADDED: The ability to search for a site by site name or site ID.
  • ADDED: To facilitate logging in to view reports, a new View Stats button has been added to the Sites page.
  • ADDED: To improve usability, data mining has been redesigned and functions similarly to an advanced search.
  • ADDED: User and site name are now visible at the top of the interface.
  • CHANGED: Add/Edit site now displays in a popup window, allowing administrators to edit multiple sites at a time.
  • CHANGED: All report items were evaluated to determine the best default views and settings for them individually.
  • CHANGED: Bandwidth report columns now show in MB.
  • CHANGED: Charts now use the built-in ASP.NET 4.0 chart component.
  • CHANGED: Favorites, Custom Reports, and Scheduled Email Reports have been redesigned for ease of use and configuration.
  • CHANGED: For SEO purposes, Google is now enabled by default for new sites.
  • CHANGED: Functionality to import logs from IIS has moved to be more prominent in Add/Edit Site popup.
  • CHANGED: Geographic maps were updated to improve clarity and usability.
  • CHANGED: Installer updated to use a newer version of InstallShield that includes support for .NET 4.0.
  • CHANGED: Percentage boxes now display for all counts, including 0.
  • CHANGED: Report items have been reorganized into sections to make it easier to find them
  • CHANGED: SEO campaign, keyword and competitor setup is now performed from within the SEO section.
  • CHANGED: Settings pages with configuration sub-pages have been modified to open related windows without navigating away from the page.
  • CHANGED: SmarterStats 6.x now requires Microsoft.NET 4.0.
  • CHANGED: Some SEO reports now default to no chart to make them easier to use. (Chart can still be added manually.)
  • CHANGED: The default ordering for data displayed in SEO trend reports is now consistent with other reports.
  • CHANGED: The Log Status page, which details which log files have been imported, is now visible to site administrators.
  • CHANGED: The names of some SEO report items have been changed to better describe the report content.
  • CHANGED: The option to impersonate an user is now called View Site as User. When clicked, administrators can select the desired user from a list.
  • CHANGED: The Time Taken column in server health reports has been renamed Time (ms).
  • EFFICIENCY: Percentage indicators on table rows no longer require many separate images in emails and in the Web interface.
  • FIXED: Exporting a large report now functions as expected.
  • FIXED: If a search engine is enabled for a site and is later removed, the search engine positions report now properly excludes that search engine from the report.
  • FIXED: Reminders popup window now functions as expected when dismissing or snoozing a reminder.
  • FIXED: SmarterStats now begins importing data as soon as an SEO campaign is created.
  • FIXED: The View Logs page now properly reports back Web interface based log files.
  • REMOVED: Silverlight charting was removed due to incompatibilities on many devices. Attention was placed instead on making the standard charts better.
  • SECURITY: Various UI changes have been made to prevent XSS attacks.

New in SmarterStats 5.1.3666 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • ADDED: Smarterstats now detects if the default Web server has been disabled when upgrading from a previous version. This prevents the default Web server from inadvertently being re-enabled.
  • ADDED: The ability to run SmarterStats under integrated mode in IIS.
  • CHANGED: Non-trend SEO report items in a custom report now process data from the latest date in the custom reports date range.
  • CHANGED: SmarterStats Free edition now limits the number of SEO keywords and competitors tracked in SEO campaigns to a maximum of 10 keywords and 10 competitors.
  • FIXED: Custom reports containing favorite reports now generate properly.
  • FIXED: Enabling a filter set as the active filter set now selects that filter set by default when viewing report items, standard reports, or data mining reports.
  • FIXED: SmarterStats now processes the final line of log files properly.
  • FIXED: Sorting by numeric data columns, such as visits or hits, now functions as expected on server-level reports.
  • FIXED: The daily and monthly visitors report items now display correct statistics. Previously, some session data was lost between processing loops, resulting in inaccurate statstics ( such as lower visit counts in daily and monthly visit length report items).
  • FIXED: The Export, Email and Print buttons on the SEO research pages now function as expected.

New in SmarterStats 5.0.3631 (Dec 17, 2009)

  • ADDED: A dynamic page feature that gives site administrators the ability to select the pages that use dynamic variables and that should be treated/viewed as unique pages.
  • ADDED: Additional user agent detection for mobile phones to identify mobile browsers and their functionality.
  • ADDED: Asynchronous report retrieval to eliminate timeouts on report generation.
  • ADDED: New breakdown reports to help individuals and businesses identify from which mobile devices visitors are accessing the site.
  • ADDED: New system administrator level reports that aggregate data from all sites and servers, allowing administrators to identify the sites with the highest server utilization, bandwidth, etc.
  • ADDED: Page aliases to give site administrators the ability to replace page paths with friendly names in reports.
  • ADDED: SEO reports that help you identify and evaluate positions, visibility, saturation, and Google PageRank for your website and your competitors’ websites.
  • ADDED: SEO reports that help you understand the performance of your website and your competitors’ websites in the Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask search engines.
  • ADDED: SEO research tools for determining which keywords and competitors to track.
  • ADDED: Standardized validation controls in the Web interface for consistency.
  • ADDED: Status bars to help users understand the progress of reports as they are generated (especially helpful for websites with large amounts of traffic or when running large reports and data mining reports).
  • ADDED: The ability to automate the process of monitoring search engine keyword rankings.
  • ADDED: The ability to drive more high qualified traffic to your website by improving search engine visibility.
  • ADDED: The ability to group keywords and competitors for similar products into campaigns to evaluate and compare their search engine performance to your own.
  • ADDED: The ability to import from multiple log sources for a single site.
  • ADDED: The ability to limit disk space usage by permanently excluding data from log processing using import filters.
  • ADDED: The ability to monitor your search engine ranking information over time to identify trends.
  • ADDED: The ability to track ranking information for an unlimited number of websites and keywords, including for competitor sites.

New in SmarterStats 4.0.3476 (Dec 17, 2009)

  • ADDED: AddSite2, AddSiteWithFTP2 and UpdateSite2 Web service functions take the new TimeZoneIndex field introduced in a minor update to version 3. These replace the AddSite, AddSiteWithFTP and UpdateSite Web service functions that take the old TimeZoneID field.
  • CHANGED: Columns in query string-related data mining reports were renamed from "Visits" to "Page Views."
  • EFFICIENCY: The query for sites in the Manage/Sites page is faster.
  • FIXED: A site added through Web services now displays the correct log file format in the Web interface settings.
  • FIXED: Active visit information was not loading properly when going through a new log file processing session, resulting in slightly higher visit and visit length statistics.
  • FIXED: All data mining reports now support host header and IP inclusions/exclusions.
  • FIXED: Custom reports that included data mining reports did not always process them as data mining reports. This would either cause an error page or the wrong report to be displayed.
  • FIXED: Fixed a time zone calculation issue where reprocessing/reimporting could assign some stats to an incorrect day.
  • FIXED: Impersonation on servers whose number formatting does not use comma separators (1.000 instead of 1,000) on site IDs greater than or equal to 1,000 now function as expected.
  • FIXED: Running the Diagnostics page now retains the session as expected.
  • FIXED: SmarterStats FTP downloading now correctly handles two FTP server commands are sent together. Microsoft FTP servers did this over fast connections.
  • FIXED: The 7-day Overview page now charts page views when using Silverlight charts.
  • FIXED: The calculation of local time for some time zones could cause some stats to be assigned to the wrong day.
  • FIXED: The Site Propagation page now functions properly when removing a line in the default documents field on the Site Defaults page.
  • FIXED: The Top Pages report on the 7-day Overview page now include folder paths ending with forward slashes. The results now match the Files/Pages report.
  • FIXED: User agent definitions now include Internet Explorer 8 and new versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
  • FIXED: User agent definitions now include Windows 7 and iPhone platforms.

New in SmarterStats 3.2.2602 (Mar 16, 2007)

  • ADDED: Several more spider/bot definitions were added
  • ADDED: More advanced email report logging was enabled. (To enable, update the MRSweb.config file so that SSWeb.LoggingLevel has a value of "-10")
  • FIXED: Resolved an uncommon issue with dynamic encoding for some search engines
  • FIXED: Popup calendar was not working on some browsers
  • FIXED: Overflow errors could occur when running reports on high-activity sites for large date ranges.
  • FIXED: Username was case sensitive when logging in as global admin
  • FIXED: When "Rows per page" in General Settings was set to 0, Manage Sites page threw an exception
  • FIXED: Search engines that cannot be decoded were breaking layout elements
  • FIXED: When email reports take more than a day to get through the list, weekly or monthly reports could have been skipped.
  • FIXED: Denmark and Hungary now properly show up in the Europe report
  • FIXED: A rare exception with email reports was resolved
  • FIXED: DNS resolution sets taking more than 2 minutes as a whole will be aborted and the results returned as is