Can somebody explain the difference between Hosts, Hits, and Visitors on the report?
I am confused as to what "Hits" and "Visitors" mean for each "Host" in the report. For example, I have one Host with 39 Hits and 14 Visitors. I have another host with 2 Hits and 2 Visitors.
My understanding of "Hits" were that they include all the resources on a page, like any css, images, or JavaScript files on the server. So if my page has 1 html file and 2 images, then each "Visitor" should have 3 "hits". Is this correct? I am confused of how some visitors get more "hits" than others for the same web page on my report.
My understanding of "Hits" were that they include all the resources on a page, like any css, images, or JavaScript files on the server. So if my page has 1 html file and 2 images, then each "Visitor" should have 3 "hits". Is this correct? I am confused of how some visitors get more "hits" than others for the same web page on my report.
1. A visitor may have viewed your page before and browser loaded some images/CSS/JS from cache instead of requesting from your server.
2. There may be a direct link to an image or other non-page file on your site so such hit is logged for user, while other files weren't requested by him.
3. Some users (e.g. some mobile visitors) may use multiple IPs, so their hits may be registered as hits of different visitors.
4. There may be spiders that aren't detected by the program and are shown as visitors, and they may request only some files unlike usual visitors.