Is page views accurate to judge real visitors?

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by hmansfield, May 23, 2007.

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    Just like it says.
    I understand that uniques can be hundreds of different IP addresses on one "Line", so, are the page view stats showing actual visitors, or just page loads?

    I know my visitors are not reading 20 pages each.
    A little insight?
    Thanks
     
    hmansfield, May 23, 2007 IP
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    Generally page views are just that -- any time the page was viewed or loaded. It is definitely not a good judge of unique visitors.
     
    beneth, May 30, 2007 IP
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    According to my stats, my unique visitors are viewing 20 pages each, and I know that is not right.
    So I have been trying to figure out if there is something else I need to consider, like if they enter the site from an old post that shows up on serp's or a page from a month ago, is that a page view, rather than a unique because they didn't come in the "front door"?
     
    hmansfield, May 31, 2007 IP