I thought I had understood the definitions but I can't understand how the number of sites - presumably the places visitors come from - can be greater than the number of visits. This appears to be the case in many of the daily reports but not in the monthly summaries. I have looked at several other people's logs and the pattern seems similar. Stupid question?

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Submitted by Anonymous on 30 March 2003 - 8:01pm

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Submitted by Anonymous on 1 April 2003 - 11:51am.

Re: Logs: "Visits" and "Sites"

Hi Phil

Well I think you are right in your general understanding of the terms, and in most cases the visits should be less than the sites, and as you observe it does even out over time.

The reason why it isn't always the case I think must be because visits only count requests for 'pages' whereas sites can include requests solely for graphics or other files on the site. If outside sites link to a document for download for example, this might explain the inconsistancies, as it would not be counted as a visit.

For more information, and for others who are confused by the terms used in the logs, there is a useful quick help page that might be useful:

[url]http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/webalizer_help.html[/url]

Liz Probert
GreenNet Web Administrator

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