hits vs visits?

I have an incredible traffic analyzer. but it some how makes a differnce between hit and visits. does anyone know the diff?

 

A "hit" happens with every request made to the server. A single page might have dozens (or more) requests - pictures, scripts, css, etc.

A "visit" is an estimate of how many visitors a site has. It can only be an estimate for a number of reasons. At its most basic, the software tries to make sense of page requests from the same user agent, IP address, file requests, etc. during a contiguous period of time to count as a single visit. A single visit will often (usually?) include a number of "page views".

A page view is an estimate of the number of individual pages viewed by visitors. Again, it is an estimate based on the above factors (and more). It attempts to capture the number of pages on the site that have been requested.

Caching, script blocking and any number of other factors can throw stats off by a wide margin. It is best to view them with the proper perspective. They show trends well, but should not be relied upon for detail.

 

Yep D, Willy is spot on.

The main stat to look at from a metric analysis perspective is Unique Visits.

'Hits' is a flawed, outdated measurement of no real value now (if it ever had any).

 

hit means when someone make a request to your server, and visit means how many people just visited the site but didnt make any request to the server

 

visit is actually people go thorugh your page and hit is only click to your site and close.

 

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!!!!! willybfriendly answered this properly earlier. If you don't know, don't post!!!