There are a few things that need to be cleared in terms of terminology:
1. Hits - this simply refers to the number of 'elements' loaded on your
site. If one page has five images in it, viewing that page once adds 6
hits (one page + five images).
2. Impressions - the number of times
all the pages on your site are seen (also simply called pageviews).
Impressions are sometimes referred to as 'hits' which can cause
confusion.
3. Uniques - the number of people that visited your site.
So
to clarify, if I visit your website, look at two pages, and each page
has 5 images on it, then your stats increase by one unique, two page
views, and 12 hits. Tracking on your site can be either done server-side
or remotely. With server-side statistics, log files are used to
generate visitor information. This is usually much more accurate than
remotely hosted solutions. In such cases, you usually have to add some
javascript to your site. This javascript is then used to track visitor
data. If your host provides it (and many do), server-side statistics are
a good solution. Otherwise, companies like Site Meter can be used to
remotely track your visitors.
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Modified on: Fri, 23 May, 2014 at 6:05 AM
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