The Real-Time Pulse Dashboard

Earlier this week W3Counter went live with a new website and new features for PRO users. The website was in need of its first major redesign in several years, widening the layout and refreshing the feature tour to cover all the current reports available to both free and paying users.

One of the most interesting new features for PRO users is the Real-Time Pulse Dashboard. This is a new, live-updating report that shows current visitor activity across a website. Not only does it reveal the usual stats like where each visitor came from, what browser and operating system they’re using, and where they are located, but it also shows what they’re doing. The dashboard is powered by a node.js server which each visitor pings every 20 seconds with their current activity — reading, writing, or if they just left the webpage open in a hidden tab.