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Old 09-12-2007, 02:05 PM
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I have an issue with the statistics for my website. I added all of my website's pages to google analytics to have another place to see my stats. The problem is that my webhost's stats show a lot more visitors than google analytics. For example, google might show 5 visits and in the same day, my webhosts stats will show 12 visits and a lot more page views, as well.
Do you think google analytics is more or less accurate?
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Old 09-12-2007, 11:46 PM
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That's because your web host probably uses the standard web log statistics where every image load on your page counts as a hit. So one visit could result in 6 hits if you have 5 images loading. Those statistics provided by most web hosts should be taken with a grain of salt. Google is likely showing your true visitor stat and I would rely on them more.
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Also keep in mind that I don't think Google Analytics is up the minute. It may take some time for a visitor to show up in the stats.
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Old 09-13-2007, 04:06 PM
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Thank you! I was kind of hoping Google would be more accurate. Even though I like the thought of having more visitors, I'd rather know the truth and not be fooled into thinking I'm doing better than I really am.
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