Webpage Hits vs. Page Views - Explained
It has come to my attention that many people do not understand the difference between a website “HIT” vs. a website “Page View”. Everyday your website will receive both hits and page views. What do millions of hits per month versus thousands of page views mean when you look at your traffic logs? It's all about the graphics on a webpage vs the user viewering the page.
Here’s some information you should understand before we
proceed:
1.
1 graphic/image equals 1 hit
2.
1 webpage equals 1 page view
3.
A page view is sometimes referred to
as a request. This is because you are requesting a page be loaded when
you click on a website or any of the sub pages.
4.
Loading means the webpage appears on
your browser.
5.
The terms visit or visitors have no
precise meaning unless the site is tracking its users. The term page view
is the basic agreed upon standard
Information about a website's
traffic is kept in the log file, a kind of general record. For more direct
identification of the user , many websites use cookies. Similar to knowing what
apartment house someone lives in, but not the specific apartment.
The number of graphics displayed on
the webpage equals the number of hits. The display of the webpage is a constant
number. Number of hits equals number of graphics plus 1 hit for the page.
For example:
1 graphic + 1 webpage ( 1 hit + 1 page
view ) = 2 hits
10 graphics + 1 webpage (10 hits + 1 page view) = 11 hits
100 graphics + 1 webpage ( 100 hits + 1 page view ) = 101 hits
1000 graphics + 1 webpage (1000 hits + 1 page view ) = 1001 hits
10,000 graphics + 1 webpage (10,000 hits + 1 page view) = 10,001 hits
100,000 graphics + 1 webpage (100,000 hits + 1 page view) = 100,001 hits
I hope this helps everyone understand why the hit count is so great vs. the page views.
Regards,
Matt your SEO Blogmaster
SEO Consultant for Rioforma.com
I also did not understand but now i m getting it little bit.
Thanks for sharing with us
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Information about a
website's traffic is kept in the log file, a kind of general record. For more direct identification of the user , many websites use cookies. Similar to knowing what apartment house someone lives in, but not the specific apartment.
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Hi,
Most business people that I talk with have a false idea of what web page hits or web site hits are. The term hits refers to when a Web page is called up in a browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox the individual entities in the Web page are considered hits.
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Bookmarks represent links through tagging. Unlike a hierarchical structure, tagging is done through a bottom-up method, which create many broad categories to fit in the links. As a result, the users can assert the metadata adding relevance to the links. This equates the marketing appeal as a 'word of mouth' campaign, in which friends and families validate the quality of the product/service.
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