Counting hits

Duff Man Jr.

On a counter for a website I have there are page views and visits, Am I correct in thinking visits is each unique visitor and page views is each refresh?

Also when one talks about hits which figure are they talking about?

Thanks

axer

Taken from here:

* Hit - A request for a file from the web server. Available only in log analysis.
* Page View - A request for a file whose type is defined as a page in log analysis. An occurrence of the script being run in page tagging. In log analysis, a single page view may generate multiple hits as all the resources required to view the page (images, .js and .css files) are also requested from the web server.
* Visit / Session - A series of requests from the same uniquely identified client with a set timeout. A visit is expected to contain multiple hits (in log analysis) and page views.
* Visitor / Unique Visitor - The uniquely identified client generating requests on the web server (log analysis) or viewing pages (page tagging). A visitor can make multiple visits.
* Repeat Visitor - A visitor that has made at least one previous visit.
* New Visitor - A visitor that has not made any previous visits.

Seohelp

This web statistics article might be of help.