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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 10:11 pm
Post subject: Difference between a Hit and a Unique Visitor?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 10:11 pm
Post subject: Re: Difference between a Hit and a Unique Visitor? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Alex" <avdeelen.REMOF.DeleteThis@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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> I'm wondering what the difference between a hit, a "visit",
> and especially a "page view" is.
A page view is exactly what it say's....A single view of a page....
A hit is generally a request of the server.....A browser has to request each
individual element of a webpage separately, such as images and stuff.....So
a single page view might generate 20 requests for elements of that
page.....In this instance 1 page view = 20 hits.....
Visits are generally unique visits.....So if a single IP address has viewed
12 pages on your website, it will still only get logged as 1 visit, as the
stats recording application knows it's the same person.....
HTH
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 9:28 am
Post subject: Re: Difference between a Hit and a Unique Visitor? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:36:23 +0100 "Fat Sam"
<janetandsam RemoveThis @btbroadband.com> broke off from drinking a cup of tea at
to write:
>A page view is exactly what it say's....A single view of a page....
>A hit is generally a request of the server.....A browser has to request each
>individual element of a webpage separately, such as images and stuff.....So
>a single page view might generate 20 requests for elements of that
>page.....In this instance 1 page view = 20 hits.....
>Visits are generally unique visits.....So if a single IP address has viewed
>12 pages on your website, it will still only get logged as 1 visit, as the
>stats recording application knows it's the same person.....
The same IP address, NOT the same person. It is misleading to think
that IP address equals person.
A far safer approach is to be cynical of web site 'stats', and
consider them only in terms of relative strains upon the http server
and bandwidth.
Matt<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Difference between a Hit and a Unique Visitor? |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 6:44 pm
Post subject: Re: Difference between a Hit and a Unique Visitor? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Alex" <avdeelen.REMOF.TakeThisOut@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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> I'm wondering what the difference between a hit, a "visit",
> and especially a "page view" is.
Read this:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.analog.cx/docs/webworks.html" target="_blank">http://www.analog.cx/docs/webworks.html</a>
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 9:47 pm
Post subject: Re: Difference between a Hit and a Unique Visitor? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Fat Sam" <janetandsam.RemoveThis@btbroadband.com> schreef in bericht news:2h1kc5F82ttaU1@uni-berlin.de...
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> "Alex" <avdeelen.REMOF.RemoveThis@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
> news:40ab95ac$0$60795$cd19a363@news.wanadoo.nl...
> > I'm wondering what the difference between a hit, a "visit",
> > and especially a "page view" is.
>
> A page view is exactly what it say's....A single view of a page....
> A hit is generally a request of the server.....A browser has to request each
> individual element of a webpage separately, such as images and stuff.....So
> a single page view might generate 20 requests for elements of that
> page.....In this instance 1 page view = 20 hits.....
> Visits are generally unique visits.....So if a single IP address has viewed
> 12 pages on your website, it will still only get logged as 1 visit, as the
> stats recording application knows it's the same person.....
Ok, thanks.
I just paid $25,- to a company that sells traffic, specifially
"10,000 hits".
At first Awstats (CPanel) registered 1000 more hits than
the day before, but no more visitors.
Recent days however, I did notice a larger number of
actual visitors, both through Awstats, and through the
website of the referral programs I use.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 9:47 pm
Post subject: Re: Difference between a Hit and a Unique Visitor? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Alex" <avdeelen.REMOF.DeleteThis@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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> "Fat Sam" <janetandsam.DeleteThis@btbroadband.com> schreef in bericht
news:2h1kc5F82ttaU1@uni-berlin.de...
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> > "Alex" <avdeelen.REMOF.DeleteThis@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
> > news:40ab95ac$0$60795$cd19a363@news.wanadoo.nl...
> > > I'm wondering what the difference between a hit, a "visit",
> > > and especially a "page view" is.
> >
> > A page view is exactly what it say's....A single view of a page....
> > A hit is generally a request of the server.....A browser has to request
each
> > individual element of a webpage separately, such as images and
stuff.....So
> > a single page view might generate 20 requests for elements of that
> > page.....In this instance 1 page view = 20 hits.....
> > Visits are generally unique visits.....So if a single IP address has
viewed
> > 12 pages on your website, it will still only get logged as 1 visit, as
the
> > stats recording application knows it's the same person.....
>
> Ok, thanks.
>
> I just paid $25,- to a company that sells traffic, specifially
> "10,000 hits".
Those schemes are normally a waste of time and money....You've no way of
knowing if the traffic you're buying is relevant to your site.....I mean,
what would be the point of me buying 10,000 visitors to my gadgets website,
if 99% of those visitors have no interest in gadgets whatsoever?......
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 12:46 pm
Post subject: Re: Difference between a Hit and a Unique Visitor? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Fri, 21 May 2004 18:24:11 +0100 "Fat Sam"
<janetandsam.DeleteThis@btbroadband.com> broke off from drinking a cup of tea at
to write:
>Those schemes are normally a waste of time and money....You've no way of
>knowing if the traffic you're buying is relevant to your site.....I mean,
>what would be the point of me buying 10,000 visitors to my gadgets website,
>if 99% of those visitors have no interest in gadgets whatsoever?......
Quite. I guess you measure the success of your site not in terms of
visitors, but in terms of sales, or perhaps more importantly profit
from sales?
For us, as we primarily make money from selling advertising space,
visitors are important, but they need to be sustainable repeat
visitors, not one-offs tricked to the site who vsit every page in one
day and never return. We make no revenue from that.
Matt
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 2:14 pm
Post subject: Re: Difference between a Hit and a Unique Visitor? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Matt Probert" <comments.RemoveThis@probertencyclopaedia.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 21 May 2004 18:24:11 +0100 "Fat Sam"
> <janetandsam.RemoveThis@btbroadband.com> broke off from drinking a cup of tea at
> to write:
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> >Those schemes are normally a waste of time and money....You've no way of
> >knowing if the traffic you're buying is relevant to your site.....I mean,
> >what would be the point of me buying 10,000 visitors to my gadgets
website,
> >if 99% of those visitors have no interest in gadgets whatsoever?......
>
> Quite. I guess you measure the success of your site not in terms of
> visitors, but in terms of sales, or perhaps more importantly profit
> from sales?
Spot on Matt.....High traffic is all well and good, but it's conversions
that we're really interested in.....That's why we drive our own traffic
using services like Kelkoo and other price comparison services.....That way
we know our traffic is already motivated to buy our kind of merchandise....
When it comes to profit, we don't actually make that much from each
sale.....We're working on the principle that it's better to have hundreds of
small profits than just one big profit.....
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