Hits, files, pages, visits, sites, what should I be looking at...

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by Tabs, Aug 9, 2006.

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  1. #1
    I can define what they are: Hits, files, pages, visits, sites if there is more forgive me, but when analyzing traffic to my site what should I be paying attention to? :confused:

    If anyone can put the definitions in:
    a. plain english
    b. tell me what they do
    c. what is the most important number of all

    I will be very grateful

    Thanks :)
     
    Tabs, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  2. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    Hits is useless info. Say a visitor reaches a page and there's like 10 images it has to download to view the page. Each image download will count as a hit.

    What your looking for is unique visitors to the site. Pageviews can also be useful data.
     
    dcristo, Aug 9, 2006 IP