Hmm that's a good question. I am not sure if they count each download Regardless of the same person / same file as one or multiples.
Personally, if you download the same document 10 times then, the counter Is just that, 10. But then again I can see the point of the other side as well. -----Original Message----- From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:23 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: SmarterStats vs Urchin 5? You should be able to parse the log file(s), manually, and do your own counts. I wonder if these results are grouped by host in that multiple requests from the same PC would be counted only as a single request. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:02 PM To: CF-Community Subject: SmarterStats vs Urchin 5? I have a client site that uses Urchin 5 for Web statistics. I send them a monthly report on the number of times various documents (PDF files) are downloaded. Example: /documents/test_1_doc.pdf 41 times /documents/test_2_doc.pdf 37 times /documents/test_3_doc.pdf 18 times ------------------------------------------------------------- Total 96 Now if I run those same log files through SmarterStats, I get completely different numbers. In SS, it has Hits and Visits. Anyone know the difference between the two (Hits vs Visits) in SmarterStats? SmarterStats would have numbers like: Document Hits Visits /documents/test_1_doc.pdf 63 58 /documents/test_2_doc.pdf 45 43 /documents/test_3_doc.pdf 23 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 131 121 How can I find out which program is most accurate? I know running a counter on the download page to increment will tell me for sure just wondering if there is another way without adding code. I thought that is what the Stat programs would tell me but such a big difference, kind of hard ot believe now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176228 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
