"Hits", Hit Counters and Statistics
Hits
In the parlance of the Internet, "Hit" is a much-abused and misunderstood term.
Depending on the context, it can refer to a page visit, a single mouse click or a single request
(pulling up an HTML page with 5 graphic images would be six requests). At gmcmotorhome.com, we avoid all this
confusion by using HitList©
server log analysis software. Examine our monthly statistics, and compare total requests(actually higher, but we have configured the software to exclude requests for graphics) against total visits. HitList©
counts a group of requests from one user within a given
time frame as a visit, which is a much more useful statistic.
Hit Counters
You might have noticed that we do not have a hit counter our main page.
These
counters are usually a graphic image which displays a number that is incremented by one each
time the image is requested. Since it is often the last component of the page to be requested by a browser,
if a visitor selects a link before the image is requested, that "hit" is not counted.
Also, repeat visitors often "bookmark" a page and return by that route, never accessing the "home" page. For these reasons, hit counters are useful mainly for their entertainment value. We feel that HitList© server log analysis software gives us a much more accurate indication of visitor activity at gmcmotorhome.com.
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