What is the Website Analytics Data Retention Policy?
Starting May 1, 2008, Website Analytics has a new data retention policy regarding statistics and raw log files.
Statistics Retention Policy
The reporting statistics for Website Analytics are retained for thirteen months, allowing you to compare traffic patterns for your website between the current month and the same month one year ago. The statistics include data from the Summary, Visitor, Page, Referrer, and Server reports. Once a week, any statistics older than thirteen months are summarized and transferred to the History Report. The History Report only displays after statistics are transferred for the first time. See the following article for more information History Reports.
Raw Log File Retention Policy
Raw log files are retained on our servers for six months. Raw log files are simple text files that contain the details of your visitors' data to your website including what pages they viewed, when they visited the Websites, and what operating system they used. Website Analytics allows you to download the log files to your own computer, so you can create your own archive.
To Download Raw Log Files from Website Analytics
- Login to your Website Analytics account.
- Click Logs.
- Do one of the following:
- Click archive.zip to download a group of log file
- Click a log file name to download an individual log file.
