Like the other solutions I've seen, this assumes you have access to your web-server's logfiles. For many (most?) low-end web-hosting this is likely not true afa

Like the other solutions I've seen, this assumes you have access to your web-server's logfiles. For many (most?) low-end web-hosting this is likely not true afaik. I suspect that this is precisely the window-of-opportunity that enabled the dominance of Google Analytics and similar solutions.