OK - another question. I have a website and have been checking on the stats page.

Please can someone explain what the difference is between a 'session' and a 'hit'? Does a hit mean when someone looks at the site - or does it count each page they look at?

Reason I ask is I got nearly 900 'hits' yesterday but only 40 or so 'sessions'.

Is there an idiots guide to this anywhere?

TVM!

 

the word "hits" actually refers to the total number of files that are requested from the server.

Session refers to visits to the site though

 

OK - that helps a bit. But what does 'files requested from the server' actually mean? Does it reflect the activity of people when they're on the site?

Sorry to sound so noddy about this.....

 

In it's basic form, hits are when a page loads and if a page contains lots of pictures then just 1 visitor can collate a lot of hits. For example I've just had 25 visitors in and 1340 hits. It's really just a request of files from a server.

Sessions are a unique visit by 1 person. Therfore you had 40 visitors and just discard the amount of hits as unimportant.

 

What, you think I am going help you with this now that you have called us all pedants?

 

Plus, she's after me too.































Bovvered

 

Save me typing stuff out heres a link, dont like copy and pasting stuff so read it for yourself

Website Hits Versus Website Sessions

 

Hey - the pedants thing was a compliment! I meant you were all a trusted source of accurate grammatical information!

Thanks for the help about the website though - much appreciated!

 

Fab link! Many thanks!

Has now been added to 'Favourites'

 

Post up the site

 

It's a new business and tempting though an ad on Scoobynet would be, I'm not sure I want it trolling to death.

Rest assured you'd probably find it terribly boring.....