Developing a log analyzer, need feedback.

Hello,

We're developing yet another web log analyzer, and we currently need feedback to approve we're heading in the proper direction.
So I'm interested if someone can review the sample report - http://www.z-log.com/sample/index.htm - and tell me what we done wrong and/or what is missing. We still can incorporate may things at this point, this is why I'm asking to comment on the report. Please take into account that Search Engines and User Agents databases are not yet complete.

The software itself (for Windows, client-side) can be downloaded at http://www.z-log.com/download.htm, but knowing its current state I do advise against it. If you "dare" anyway, make sure to read this document first - http://www.z-log.com/products.htm

If you want to comment to me privately, please PM me or email at development@z-log.com.

Thank you for your time.

Three words ... IIS

Please excuse my stupidity ignorance unreviewed, I'm not sure I understand that. The only thing I know related to IIS is Internet Information Server. Could you please explain a bit.

IIS log files, W3C extended by default, are going to increase in use. I've yet to find an analyzer that if installed on the server, will connect to IIS, automatically find and profile separately the logs. Except for http://www.whoson.com/ but it's not really a tool for analyzing logs. But it does a great job of doing what it does do, when used with IIS. Just think it's something you should keep in mind.

Perhaps it's only a feature that would be useful in a server version, but personally I think with broadband offerings for business becoming more common place, the demand for server side tools will be strong. And for that market, I believe people are going to use Windows.

Implementing an IIS log parser should not be difficult. This is in fact already on TODO list (but sheduled for the later date). Automatic download is also planned (even lower priority).

Regarding a server-side implementation I think this can be implemented (windows-only obviously) but right now it is pretty much impossible (will cause a TODO list overflow ).