Karma, sorry I should have been a little more specific. After I read it back I realised I had not said enough but I could not edit it.

What I was eluding to, in almost no words at all, is that Google Analytics is a great way to monitor site traffic, and now in realtime.

It does not provide nearly as much detail as your article would allow users to explore. However, not all web site users have access to their logs files or the command line so my comment was aimed at them!