Stats Question - Pages Viewed

Date Started: Mar 11, 2006
Entries: 1,582
Comments: 6,609
Total Visits: 18,607,245

December 4th, 2006 at 09:33 pm

What does "pages viewed' mean in the stats section of our blogs controls?

kimiko Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 10:14 pm 1165270484
1165270484

I think it means how many time people refreshed your page.
Broken Arrow Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 11:24 pm 1165274680
1165274680

It means how many times that particular web page has been viewed.

However, as kimiko has suggested, I believe it also counts refreshes.

Which would then explain the unique visitors stat, which would not count refreshes.
Thrifty Ray Says:
December 5th, 2006 at 01:36 am 1165282574
1165282574

so for example...if I have 10 unique vistors and 25 pages viewed it means that 25 times my page was read (refreshed)...but only by 10 unique visitors???...so the same person may have returned 2-3 times....is that correct?
Broken Arrow Says:
December 5th, 2006 at 03:20 pm 1165332031
1165332031

That's basically correct.

If you really want to get really technical, "unique visitors" really mean unique IPs. For example, even though I am one person, I can technically count as two unique visitors. Once when I read your page from work, and once when I read your page at home. The computer doesn't know how many actual human beings viewed your page, but they can count how many unique IP addresses have visited. (Not that I'd feel bad about that or anything, but that's how it technically works. )
Thrifty Ray Says:
December 5th, 2006 at 03:33 pm 1165332832
1165332832

Thanks BA...Ive been wondering about this for awhile and decided to ask.

I appreciate your help!

(Note: If you were logged in, we could automatically fill in these fields for you.)

Name:	*
Email:	Will not be published.
	Subscribe: Notify me of additional comments to this entry.
URL:
Verification:	* Please spell out the number 4. [ Why? ]

vB Code: You can use these tags: [b] [i] [u] [url] [email]

Gramma Ray's Blog