Hits vs. Pageviews

My understanding is;
A "hit" is when something on a page is activated. For example: If a page has 7 jpgs (photos) a JavaScript and a "WAV" (music) file...then NINE "hits" will be recorded.

Whereas when one person clicks onto a web page, that is considered a "Page View" or also known as a "Unique Visitor".

Thus...if your counter is counting "hits"...you will DEFINITELY have lots more "hits" than Page Views.

Don Alm

> When analyzing website statistics, you may
> have many gauges to measure activity at your
> site, including *Hits* and *Pageviews*. The
> hits at your site will likely be less than
> your pageviews, since many people will look
> at the one page they go to first(Home page
> or other page), read for a few seconds and
> leave.

> My question is : how can you narrow this gap
> and get people to go to other pages in your
> site, even if you already have all the
> navigation buttons on every page and even
> exact instructions about what everything is
> about on each page ?

> I'm guessing if you don't have something
> *different* on that first page, to keep
> people interested, you may lose potential
> clients quickly ?

> I'm also guessing that the difference
> between these two measurements (hits &
> pageviews)could be a warning sign to change
> your site ?

> Any opinions or suggestions ?

> Thank you.




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