Re: [epub] help a novice with site statistics terminology?

["Online secrets,marketingdreams" <marketingdreamz@xxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Online secrets,marketingdreams" <marketingdreamz@yahoo.com>

Hi Reid

My answer to your question might seem a little odd,
but read it with your own interest in mind.

I think what you need is not to understand the meaning
of the terms, but is to change the service (or script)
you use for your traffic analysis.

The number of hits is useless, you will need a more
detailed, more comprehensive picture on the traffic
to your site.

I have written an article on what you need to know
when it comes to traffic analysis, you can find it at:

http://www.marketingdreams.net/articles.html

One of the really good services is Hitbox (I use them
but am not affiliated to them in any way)

http://www.hitbox.com

They will offer you a complete picture on the traffic
to your site , Free, and they even explain the use 
of each denominator and factor.

Go and check hitbox, see a demo of their reports, then
you will know what you are missing.

I hope that helps

Osama Taha
Author of: Sell Your Brains for Profit
http://www.marketingdreams.net/digitalcash/

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--- reid@pobox.com wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just got my first Webtrends report for my website,
> http://www.LanguageImpact.com, and I'm finding it a
> little
> confusing. Could someone explain the following
> terms, including
> which one is the most important one to watch over
> time and to use
> when thinking about advertising rates on your
> website?
> 
> I'll go ahead and throw the numbers in too,
> especially since I
> don't know whether I should be embarrassed or not.
> Disclaimer:
> although the report is for the last 14 days, I
> didn't officially
> announce the site to my LANGUAGE LEARNING newsletter
> subscribers
> until five days ago. I'm just now submitting the
> site to search
> engines, so I'm guessing only subscribers and a
> couple friends
> have accessed the site at this point. Started
> everyone.net today;
> looks promising. Still have some kinks to get out...
> (me, not
> them).
> 
> Number of Successful Hits for Entire Site       
> 5448
> 
> Number of User Sessions                           
> 722
> 
> Number of Page Views (Impressions)        1246
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Reid Wilson  (reid@pobox.com)
> 

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