Hit + Visit

[.one.]

Sorry may sound like a silly question but what is the difference between a Hit and a visit I am talking about the statistics in a site log.

jay.

 

[daz]

A "hit" is any HTTP request for any content on your website.

A visit, is when a unique IP browses your website for a certain amount of time.

A visit may consist of multiple page views, which may in turn comprise multiple hits (e.g. each page is a hit in itself, and then each page will have images, javascript, stylesheets).

So one visit may well equal 5 page views which may well be 50-100 "hits".

 

[.one.]

So a visit is worth more than a hit interesting and on to another question with out starting a new thread would you say a site that receives guaranteed 30 to 50 visits a day all year round a good investment ? depending on the the price, i do not want to say to much obviously.

 

[daz]

Does the site make any money?

 

[.one.]

Does the site make any money?

No not really but it's all ways has visits every day all year round.

Edit: Just seems such a waste.

 

[AJK]

would you say a site that receives guaranteed 30 to 50 visits a day all year round a good investment ?

Totally, totally depends on the site content, and demographic of the users. If those 30-50 visits include bots and people who land on the site and immediately go somewhere else because the content is worthless, then it's worth nothing at all.

If those 30-50 visits are from a specific demographic or specialist audience, all interested in a specific product or product line which your site contains lots of information about such as reviews, then it does have some value. How much depends on marketing, sales potential, etc.

30-50 visits isn't a lot.