Julien Biaudet wrote: > "28 . Can I count the individual visitors, or visits, to my site? > or Can I see how long visitors spend on my site? > > No, it's not technically possible, and don't believe any program which > tells you it is." > > So, I like understanding why a log analyser software like Webalizer can > show the number of visits/visitors ?
Like the FAQ says, it isn't possible. However, if you appropriately define what a visitor is and how to appropriately measure the duration of his or her visit to your site, you can of course measure it. Once you have done so you will realise that it is not possible to devise a foolproof method for doing so. Which you will have to bear in mind when you're studying/evaluating the results. When webalizer and awstats tell you they can produce such statistics, they undoubtedly do so with a number of conditions and exceptions. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zurich http://timian.jessen.ch - an analog report formatter using XSLT. http://www.dansk.org - for alle danskere i udlandet! +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +------------------------------------------------------------------------
