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We can't recommend a good Web designer - there are scads of small shops, and design is a matter of taste - but Web analytics software is more capable and less expensive than ever. Most products are offered over the Web on a subscription basis, and none of the companies below will ask you to buy hardware or install software.
  • CLICKTRACKS: In addition to standard services, scans for click fraud on pay-per-click ads. Basic product starts at $29.95 a month. clicktracks.com
  • GOOGLE ANALYTICS: This traffic tracker - formerly called Urchin - has been offered free since being purchased by Google in 2005. Provides an array of data; interfaces with Google AdWords. google.com/analytics
  • WEBTRENDS: Industry leader with about half the small-business market; its WebTrends Analytics 8 starts at $35 a month. webtrends.com
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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.