Is this possible to have setup?

I won't be having much traffic to my site (hopefully) so it wont blow up my inbox.

Thanks.

You want to make a bet ?? The MSN robot hits every one of my sites several hundred times a month, Yahoo slightly less, and Google even less than that. Then you have the oddball bots that crawl the site.

Do you REALLY want that ? It's not the best idea I've ever heard.

It's possible but, with very little traffic, what's the moot point?

Yes, it's possible with, say, a .php script that gets called every time the page is loaded. The script needs to parse the user agent string to exclude crawlers (they do visit a few times a day even on deserted websites) before sending an email.

A slightly more complex setup could email you a daily report of non-robot website activity, showing not only who visited, but also what they've been doing there.

Exactly my point, wdwp!

Originally Posted by wdwp

Yes, it's possible with, say, a .php script that gets called every time the page is loaded. The script needs to parse the user agent string to exclude crawlers (they do visit a few times a day even on deserted websites) before sending an email.

A slightly more complex setup could email you a daily report of non-robot website activity, showing not only who visited, but also what they've been doing there.

Thanks.

I take it there is no service doing this already that I could use?

Not that I know of.

If you want that, you're going to have to build it. But, as others have pointed out, you can accomplish the same thing with site stats and only have to look at them once a day.

Assuming it's the site in your signature, your host won't be much of a help in that regard (since they only appear to offer the ultra-ghetto Webalizer stats), but there is a solution available for you. And I think you'll like the price...free!

Here's the solution: Google Analytics. The downside is that it is a Javascript-based solution, so you won't track EVERYONE. But you'll get at least 85-90% of your traffic. And you won't flood your inbox or get booted off your host for sending too many emails.

Funny thing - Google Analytics has a help page answering Joe's question (the answer is - no, GA won't email stat reports).

Cheers guys.

I have GA on that page already so I guess I will just have to check it every now and then.

I guess there is no point in getting email notifications instantly anyways.

Just thought it would be nice.