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The
Statistics table shows the date and time the
report was generated. All dates and times refer to
the location of the system running the
analysis. Timeframe - Beginning date and
time of the log file.
Hits - A count
of successful hits for the document not including
the supporting graphic files on the page. Files
considered web pages are those with the following
extensions: .htm, .html, .asp, and a few others.
These are defined by the File Types tab in the
Options window. The total number of hits
- A count of all successful hits including
HTML pages, pictures, forms, scripts, and
downloaded files. Tip: Visit
http://www.webtrends.com/support/hits_views_sessions.htm
for a detailed explanation of pages and visitor
sessions. Hits: Entire Site (Successful)
- A count of hits that had a "success" status
code. Hits: Average Per Day - Number of
Successful Hits divided by the total number of
days in the log. Hits: Home Page -
Number of times the home page was visited. This
statistic is derived from the Home Page settings
in the profile.
Page Views
(Impressions): Total - A count of hits to
pages defined as documents or forms in the File
Types tab. You can define how forms and documents
are counted by modifying the Document Extensions
and File Types settings. The supporting graphics
on pages are not counted. Page Views:
Average Per Day - Number of page views
(impressions) divided by the total number of days
in the log. Page Views: Document Views -
A count of hits to pages that are considered
documents as defined by the File Types tab in the
Options window. This does not include files that
have been defined as forms.
Visitor
Sessions: Total - A count of the visitor
sessions to your site. The length of a visitor
session is defined in the General tab in the
Options window. Average Number of Visitor
Sessions Per Day -Number of visitor sessions
divided by the total number of days in the
log. Average Visitor Session Length
-Average of non-zero length visitor sessions
in the log.
Visitor Session for
International, Unknown, and the United States
summarize the origin of visitors in percentages of
hits. Geographic location is logged in the User
Domain field. How it is reported is determined by
the Domains tab in the Options
window.
Visitors - A count of unique
IPs for the period of the report, whether or not
they were authenticated using domain names or
cookies. Visitors: Unique Visitors -
Unique visitors are counted using the visitor's IP
address, domain name, or cookie. Persistent
cookies are defined in Cookies tab in the Options
window. Cookies give the most accurate
count. Visitors: Visitors Who Visited Once
- A count of visitor sessions that occurred
only once throughout the log file. Visitors:
Visitors Who Visited More Than Once - The
count of visitor sessions that appeared more than
once in the log file. By default a visitor session
is 30 minutes.
The
General Stats table gives a general overview of
the Web site's performance and your visitor's
behavior, helping you quickly assess areas to
address. It can determine the report chapters to
focus on for valuable site enhancement statistics.
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