#15 - Switch off Joomla Statistics, switch on search stats

This article applies to Joomla 1.0 only

The default Joomla statistics (and other statistics components) capture a lot of mostly useless data, might cause your database to grow and then degrade the performance of your website.

The data gathered by these components is mostly insignificant anyway. On the other hand, it is strongly recommended to switch on only your search strings statistics, because knowing what people are searching for on your site is quite useful and gives you insight on what your users need when they come to your website.

Statistics are defined in Site > Global Configuration > Statistics tab

Statistics: No

Log Content Hits by Date: No

Log Search Strings: Yes

If you think you require these kinds of statistics, rather than storing this information in your database, use Google Analytics rather than clutter your database