Nuria, thanks for the quick response! *Birgit
2016-10-13 19:07 GMT+02:00 Nuria Ruiz <nu...@wikimedia.org>: > Birgit: > > I am cc-ing analytics@ our public e-mail list where questions like this > one get asked (and archived). > > >As far as I know, page views are counted every time someone views a page, > and if someone reloads a page several time, each time would be counted as 1 > >page view. Is that correct?> > >I wonder if you could explain the reasoning behind that a bit > Yes, we do not count "distict" pageviews by a user, but pageviews overall. > So if look at barak obama pages 10 times one day those are 10 pageviews. > > >If we would want to be able to know if a page got just reloaded by the > same person, we would need to have a unique ID for each user, and this > would have to >be browser connected. I'm guessing that this would be a > strong privacy issue. > Correct. Event with unique IDs we could never identify users, just > devices. As uniqueIDs are really cookies on your browser. > > > Thanks, > > nuria > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Birgit Müller < > birgit.muel...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > >> Hi Nuria, >> >> we shortly met when you had your team offsite in Berlin :-) >> >> We're currently running a feedback loop on the PageView Analysis tool by >> MusicAnimal/Community Tech, and in that context a question appeared: >> >> As far as I know, page views are counted every time someone views a page, >> and if someone reloads a page several time, each time would be counted as 1 >> page view. Is that correct? >> >> I wonder if you could explain the reasoning behind that a bit - >> >> my first guess was: >> >> If we would want to be able to know if a page got just reloaded by the >> same person, we would need to have a unique ID for each user, and this >> would have to be browser connected. I'm guessing that this would be a >> strong privacy issue. >> >> From the technical perspective, I could imagine that this would also be >> very difficult. >> >> Am I right, or what are the exact reasons behind that? >> >> Looking forward to your answer, and I hope you're doing well! >> >> Best, >> Birgit >> >> -- >> Birgit Müller >> Community Communications Manager >> Software Development and Engineering >> >> >> >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin >> Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 >> http://wikimedia.de >> >> Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen >> Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! >> http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. >> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter >> der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für >> Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. >> > > -- Birgit Müller Community Communications Manager Software Development and Engineering Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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