Any incident of a graphic or file being loaded onto a web page.
From the visitors point of view it is a request made to the webserver for a text or an image file. From the SE point of view it is a measure that is used to count the number of webpages returned for a query.
To receive an additional card at the player's request.
In the context of a web site a "hit" is used to describe a single request made by a web browser. It can be a request either for an image or HTML document or any other document residing on the web site. So a visit to a single web page can result to several hits, depending how many external elements are loaded by the page.
Occurs when a file request is made to a web server. Downloading a single web page may generate several hits, one for each graphical or text file that is transferred. Not to be confused with page views.
a single request for a single item on the web server. Hits are not a good gauge or measure of traffic to a website, since counting hits includes counting graphic elements in a web page on top of the web page itself.
A hit is a visit to a web site that is recorded by a counter. It is a measure of the number of times items have been downloaded from a web page. If for example, a web page is made up from ten different items it would register as ten hits for every actual visit.
In search terminology, every listing a search engine returns from a search is called a hit. The term hit is also used to refer to calls on a web server, and it is much misunderstood. Technically, if a web page is called by a remote browser, and it includes three graphics, there are four hits on that server, one for the page, and one for each graphic. Many people and most 'hit counters' use the term hit to mean hits on the web page only, not the calls to graphics or other supporting files that come with the page. When someone quotes figures on hits, be aware that definitions and uses vary, and try to find out what definition was used in producing the figures.
A request for a file on a webserver. If you have a webpage with 5 images, you will get 6 hits each time this page is viewed. One for the html document and 5 for the images.
The name of the action when a browser from a remote location requests information from a Web server. Each time a new or different page is loaded from a site, a hit is recorded.
Human Intelligence Tasks are the heart of MTurk. HITs are the specific work assignments uploaded by requesters which are then accepted, completed, and submitted by workers.
A return on a search engine, you will likely get thousands of pages listed. Each page listed is called a "hit.".
A single file request in the access log of a Web server. A request for an HTML page with three graphic images will result in four hits in the log: one for the HTML text file and one for each of the graphic image files. While a hit is a meaningful measure of how much traffic a server handles, it can be a misleading indicator of how many pages are being looked at. An alternative metric can be the number of pages delivered.
A request for a file on a web server. Most often these can be graphic files and documents. In more modern lingo, website owners refer to HIT referrers as a request for documents only, while system administrators, who are chiefly concerned about server performance, refer to it as any file request.
a visit to a web site or to an advertisement; also called a click, page view, or request.
Each file requested by a visitor registers as a hit. There can be several hits on each page. While the volume of hits reflects the amount of server traffic, it is not an accurate reflection of the number of pages viewed.
A Web server is said to receive a hit when it receives an HTTP request from a Web client such as a browser. Typical hits occur when a browser sends a request for an HTML page, or an inline graphic that appears on the page.
The sending of a single file, whether text, graphic, audio or another type. When a page request is made, all elements or files that comprise the page are recorded as hits on a server's log file; therefore, number of hits is not an appropriate statistic to use for analyzing or comparing sites.
The number of requests required to display a page. This is determined by the quantity of graphics, applets and frames.
a visit to a website. Every time someone clicks onto your website, it is counted as a hit.
Hits are the amount of requests that are made to your server for information. This is often used as a very general indication of how busy the server has been("Our server has been getting 300,000 hits per month"). Since a hit can include anything from the request for a tiny text document through to a huge audio file this way of measuring the load can easily be inaccurate.
A single access of a Web page. A hit is recorded for a particular Web page each time a browser displays the page.
When a module, a method, a source file, a source code line, or an assembler offset is encountered in a trace, it is registered as a hit. Hits are used by the Enterprise ToolKit for OS/390 Performance Analyzer.
Refers to a single request for a single item on a web server. If a web page has two images it will generate three hits, one for the HTML page itself and two for the images. Often incorrectly used to measure the number of people visiting a web page or site. Also used in Internet advertising to refer to a click-through on an advertisement. See also: ( Counter)
A matching of a search or request. In Internet terms, a hit represents a page impression.
A 'hit' means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server. This is different to page impressions because, for example, in order for a web browser to display a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 'hits' would be registered: 1 for the HTML page, and one for each of the 3 graphics. Therefore, hits do not really indicate the popularity of a web page because of the number of items that it represents.
A Website 'visit' from a site visitor. Different statistical packages count hits differently, which creates confusion about how many users actually visit a given site. This can be a problem as Websites determine fees for advertisers.
Each time a user requests something from the server. This includes the basic html file, each graphic on a page, etc. Because a 'hit' is logged for each element on the page, it is a largely useless measurement of traffic to a Web site. A more releveant number is the number of page views.
To request an additional card.
In Internet lingo, hit can mean (1) an item in the list of search results a browser gives you ("Alta Vista's search for "scorpions" turned up sixty-nine hits), or (2) accessing of a Web page by an Internet surfer ("The Online! Web page received three dozen hits this week").
Each time a Web server sends a file to a browser, it is recorded in the server log file as a "hit". Hits are generated for every element of a requested page (including graphics, text and interactive items). If a page containing two graphics is viewed by a user, three hits will be recorded - one for the page itself and one for each graphic. Webmasters use hits to measure their server's work load. Because page designs vary greatly, hits are a poor guide for traffic measurement.
A request for any object that is on your site. Each element of a requested page is counted as a "hit." This could be a page, a graphic on the page, or a sound file. For example, if a page on your site contains five graphics, accessing the page generates six hits. This includes the five images and the original request made for the page.
a visit to a web address. definition of hit defined definition of hits defined
The total of every component of a Web site that is viewed by a visitor (e.g., a Web site with 10 graphics, and the viewer clicks them all, results in a total of 11 “hits.â€)
Technically, a hit is a request made to a Web server. It is a popular ...
The term "hit" is generally unreliable as a measurement of web traffic unless it is clearly defined. Often, "hits" is a measurement of all files, including graphics files, accessed (downloaded) by users. A single graphics-heavy web page might measure 50 or more "hits" every time it's accessed. This type of measurement is meaningless to advertisers. For a more reliable statistic, see Page Views
When used in reference to the World Wide Web, "hit" means a single request from a Web browser for a particular item from a Web server. For example, opening a Web page that contains four graphics would record five hits to the Web server: one for the HTML Web page and one for each of the four graphics.
Accesses to the individual files that a given website consists of.
Player or dealer request an a additional card; also referred to as drawing.
The sending of a single file whether text, image, audio, or other file type. Since a single request for an html page can bring with it a number of hits for individual files, the number of hits from a site is not a good indication of the number of visitors.
The download of an element on a web page. If a web page consists of the HTML text, two images and a sound file, then there have been four hits on the web server. It is a way to measure the load of the server. See also HTML, web server.
A hit is a request made for any resource, including web pages, graphics and file downloads.
A recorded request for a single file sent from a host-server to a client-server.
In the context of the WWW, it refers to the act of accessing an html document on a server. | français
Internet marketing term, the register each time a Web page is viewed.
Web speak for any request for data from a Web Page or file
The term used to describe a file request when a user visits your web site. If a visitor requests two text files and three graphic files during a session, then your site has received five "hits."
Any time a piece of data matches pre-specified criteria. For example, Google will bring up a list of 'hits' on its search results page. Alternatively, the retrieval of any item from a server. Also called a "page hit."
an entry in the log file of a web server. A hit is generated by every request made to a web server. It has no predictable relation to users, visitors or pages
This is what happens when a user accesses a file on a server. This could be an entire page, or just a portion of the page (an image, for instance). The number of hits a page receives indicates how many times it has been viewed.
This is what happens when a user retrieves data from a memory cache successfully. For instance, when you visit a Web page that contains five graphics, you cause six hits: one for the Web page plus one for each graphic. The number of hits a page receives indicates how many times it has been viewed.
The term used for counting the number of visitors to a Web page. (Technically, it refers to the number of elements on each Web page; accessing a page with text and three images would count as four hits.)
A measure of website traffic. A hit is each time a browser request is made from a web server. A page containing 4 images counts 5 hits each time it is viewed; once for each image and once for the page itself.
The access of a file by a user on a server. Every element of a requested page (graphics, multimedia, etc.) including the HTML file itself is counted as a hit. For example, if a Web page contains five graphics, then accessing the page generates six hits. Hits used to be a method of determining the amount of traffic a Web site received, however, due to the fact that businesses needed to isolate the exact number of times a page was requested (in order to charge for advertising), this method was tossed aside in lieu counting the actual HTML page requests.
Slang term that means a visitor is accessing a server, or a Web page. It is sometimes measured in hits per hour or hits per day.
When a player requests an additional card, to increase their hand size.
A successful request to your web server from a visitor's browser for any type of file, whether an image, HTML page, or any other type. A single web page can cause many hits - one for each image included on the page, etc.
A single request from a web browser, someone viewing a web page with 100 images would count as 101 hits for a single page view.
Hits are a unit measure of file openings done on a web site. It refers to how many times someone opens the home page of a website , or any other page on that website.
This occurs when a file is loaded on a webpage.
When people click on your webpage you say they make hits.
A request for a file by a web browser to a web server. Since files include images and graphics it is a meaningless statistic from a marketing or point of view although hits are often quoted in website's promotional material to enhance the number of visitors or page impressions.
Same as age Hit. The number of files (i.e., graphics, audio/visual files and other supporting files) that are requested from the server. For example, if a site has one web page with five graphics on it, every time a user visited that page, it would be reported that six hits (one for the page and five for the graphics) and one page view had occurred. For this reason, hits are not a good indication of web traffic. Compare with Page View.
technically, a request from a user’s browser to view a particular page or image on your website
Each file requested from the server is registered as a "hit". This is not the number of visitors or page views. If a user accesses a page containing five graphic images, six hits will be recorded at the server: one for the actual page view, and five more for the image files.
Any request for data from an Internet file or a web page. Used to evaluate traffic on a site.
Every file sent across the Internet from a web server is recorded as a "hit" by the server. Most web pages contain many files for graphics and pictures so reading a single page results in multiple hits. A more useful statistic for web traffic is "page impressions".
A single connection between a Web browser and the content server to which it connects, which results in the transmission of a resource from the content server to the browser. The resource can be text, an image, or any other individual element that can be included in a Web page. A request can result in the successful delivery of content to the user, or an error. A successful request to a page containing an ad is counted as an impression for that ad. Most Web servers log each request to an access log file.
is the number of websites which was found by a search containing the keyword that you entered into the keyword field of your search engine.
The server records a “hit” for every item that is requested of it. For example, a “visitor” may request a “page” consisting of the file of HTML code, 10 graphics files and a CSS stylesheet for a total of 12 “hits.” Regarding a search engine query, the number of web pages matching a query.
Additional card at the player's request - "he hit me with an ace".
Any action that takes place on the web server, each image on a page counts as a hit
A number that represents the individual files that were requested from a server. These include HTML, image, and other files.
Download of each element of a Web page. When a user views a Web page that includes nine images, the server records ten hits (one for the HTML page file and one for each image file).
a popular expression for a user visiting a web page. However, the expression is problematic for recording web user activity. When a user visits a web page, any file which is opened on that page will be recorded as a 'hit'. This means that if a page has lots of image files, it will be recorded as several 'hits'.
a measurement of how often a Web page item is accessed
An individual access of a particular web site - as in. “Our site had 725 hits this month.
One visitor to one page of a Website. If a visitor visits three pages of your Website, it will be recorded as three hits. TML yper ext arkup anguage - the main language used to write web pages.
Each time a Web Server receives a request for a file from a browser, a 'Hit' is recorded.
When someone visits your website, you've received a "hit". No comment on the several other definitions of this word, which have nothing to do with internet marketing. Use your imagination.
A request from a browser to a server. A web page with 14 images will count 15 hits, one for the main page and 14 (one per image) for the images. Often confused with other measurements, such as page views or users.
A term used to describe the occurrence of a page being viewed. The number of hits on a listing page indicates that the listing has been seen by that number of viewers. The number of hits are a reasonable indication of interest in a listing.
Any request from a file or a web-server. A single page likely contains multiple hits as multiple image and text files are downloaded from the web-server.
An access to a web page. If someone were to go to your web page, that counts as one hit.
Strictly speaking, the term 'hit' specifically refers to the number of files that you download when you visit a website. A web page with a picture on it would count as two hits - one for the page itself and another for the picture. However, some people use the word 'hits' less accurately to refer to the number of people that visit a particular website each month - for example, 2,000 hits per month.
A hit is any type of viewable or usable data transmission that is triggered by a visit to a Web site and is received by the computer user's browser. Such transmissions can be in the form of a file, message, object, graphic, link, banner, ad, or push item. Note that visits constitute a subset of hits.
A Web site which is found while conducting a keyword Web search. Also called a match. A Web site receives a hit when someone accesses a page within it.
A measurement of files that are downloaded from a web server. Hits are a way of measuring traffic to a web site that can be misleading. Each time a server downloads a graphic or text to a page, it is considered one hit. The number of hits a site receives is usually much greater than the number of visitors it gets. That's because a web page can contain more than one file.
When somebody downloads a file from the Web, that's one hit. When a web page contains a number of images, every image is a separate hit, and the words on the page are usually one other hit. For example, this page is 4 hits: one for the text, one for the Audience Dialogue logo at the top, and two different buttons. This "back to the top" button appears many times, but was only downloaded once, so it's only one hit. Compare with Page view.
An occurrence of someone visiting a web page.
Computer term indicating a match of a search request.
A visit to a web site - often web sites have counters displaying the number of hits
Refers to a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server. For instance, when you visit a web page, your browser may "hit" it several times in requesting various images along with the actual text file.
every file a browser opens in order to display a web page counts as a hit and, as each web page usually contains a number of images (each is an image file) as well as the text, the number of hits generated by one user viewing a single web page can vary widely
In the WWW world "hit" is used to describe a single request made by a web browser.
Every time a Web's server sends a file to a browser, is registered on a file the server's diary as a "hit". Hits are produced for each required page element (including graphs, texts and interactive items). If in a page there are two graphs and one user, it will be registered three hits, two because of the graphs and one bacause of the page.
This is a term that never really means anything, but people would refer to the number of hits on their web site as a measure of its popularity. Actually hits refers to the number of files that are downloaded when a web page is opened.
One unique accessing of any web page.
A request for an 'object' on your website. For example, a web page with 2 graphics on it will generate 3 hits: 1 for the HTML page + 1 for each graphic.
A line that is recorded in a log file when something is requested of a web server. For example, if someone goes to a web page that has five graphics, six hits will be recorded in the log file: one hit for the HTML page and one for each of the graphics. Hits are considered an inaccurate way to measure traffic and are no longer used by savvy advertisers.
A request from a Web browser for a single item from a Web server. For example, three "hits" occur when a browser displays a Web page that contains two graphic images: one for the HTML page, and one for each of the graphics.
A way of measuring the number of visitors to a Web site. Although it's sometimes believed a hit equals one visit to a site, it actually refers to the number of files opened at the site. For example, if you access a page that has six images on it, the site will register seven hits (one for the page and one for each of the image files).
A hit can refer to anyone of a few different things. If you perform a search using Excite, the results are called hits. If you load up a Web page, you've hit the site. Technically, a hit is a request made to the Web server.
A single request is often called a "hit" on the web site. Saying there were "56 hits" on an item means that there were 56 separate requests for/from/associated with that item. The item may be a specific file, a particular referrer, or some other use of a resource by a single request. Summary uses the term "hits" to denote the number of times some event occurred sucessfully. Failed events are counted as errors.
Hit is a request for a file on a webserver. Each HTML document and graphic file counts as a separate hit, so they aren't an accurate representation of the number of different visitors to your site.
Represents a visit to a specific site. For example, a popular site might display number of hits thus '20,000 hits since 1/12/99' This is the site's hit rate. Some sites measure visits in hits per day, or per week, sometimes per month, year or specific period. In reality the hit rate can be very confusing and even ambiguous if used as a measure of popularity of a particular site, say for enticing advertising revenue. For example, visits by search engines and browsers with no specific intent are also included as 'hits'.
a visit to an element of a web page often used to measure its popularity (see page impressions).
The request of a file from a Web server.
To attach to a remote computer or web site.
A hit occurs when a surfer downloads a file for viewing in his or her Web browser. Every time a site's Web server passes information (text, graphics, calls to CGI scripts, MIDI recordings, QuickTime movies) to an end user, it records a hit in the log file with that file's path name. For example, if you download a Web page containing text and three images, you will have registered five hits -- one hit for the HTML page, one hit for the text file, and one hit for each graphic file. The Web server hosting these files keeps track of the number of accesses made by each viewer and stores this information in a log file. Hits are not the best measure of how many people are viewing your site; however, they do tell you exactly what your viewers are downloading.
The retrieval a Web page when it is accessed by a user or a program. Every time you click through to a Web site, a hit is registered.
A single visit by a Web browser which reaches all the way to the target Web site. A full visit to a Web page containing one graphic element consists of two hits, one for the page and a second to request the image. See also page view.
This term is used to describe a user accessing a web site with their web browser. It describes how many individuals have viewed a particular web site
The sending of a single file from a web server to a user's computer. Most webpages contain several files, including all HTML, graphics, audio, etc. Hit is not the same as impression, page view, or number of unique visitors. Information about hits is of little value as a metric of online advertising, or online use in general and should not be used. "HITS" stands for "How Idiots Track Success" according to some experienced industry veterans. See Displays.
This occurs when a web page is accessed by a user or a program accesses the page. A hit was registered on this particularly web page (the term "Hit" in the Glossary) when you requested to look at the information contained within it.
An instance of someone (or something, such as a Webcrawler robot indexing program) accessing a Web page.
A single request from a browser to a server. Some servers also count each graphic on that page as a hit. For this reason, it's doubtfully to use the number of hits as an accurate measurement for the popularity of a Web site.
For Internet sites, this is the common term for the numbers of times a site (or page) is accessed.
Every time a website is visited, it gets a 'hit'. All the hits, or times a page is visited, make up a site's traffic for a given time period. Hits include downloaded graphics.
A measure of when or how often a Web resource is accessed. A Web site that gets 1,000 hits a week is, in theory, being accessed 1,000 times a week. This does not necessarily mean, however, that 1,000 individual users have visited the site in that time frame.
In the context of the WWW: 1. the act of accessing an HTML document on a server, and 2. the result(s) returned from an Internet Search.
every element of a requested page (including text, graphics, and interactive items) is counted as a hit to a server. Hits are not the preferred unit of site-traffic measurement because the number of hits per page varies widely. On average, a Web page contains six hits. See also page views.
A request from a browser for a single item from a Web server. An overused term when discussing traffic on a Web site, e.g. "We get 500,000 hits per month." Calling one page from a server could result in dozens of "hits" because each graphic is interpreted as a hit. In reality, counting only the "index.htm" page or "default.htm" page would be a more accurate gauge of traffic.
Largely discredited method of measuring website popularity (page views or unique visitors are now preferred). Hits are acquired every time someone requests a file from your site - however, as pictures and graphics count as separate files, the number of hits you receive is wildly inflated.
A single user accessing a single file from a web server.
A slang term used to describe the incidence of a webpage being viewed. The number of visitors to that particular listing page corresponds to the number of "Hits" received. Interest in a listing can be determined by the number of hits that listing has gotten.
when users access a Web site, their computer sends a request to the site's server to begin downloading a page. Each element of a requested page (including graphics, text, interactive items) is recorded by the site's Web server log file as a "hit." If a page containing two graphics is accessed by a user, those hits will be recorded once for the page itself and once for each of the graphics. Webmasters use hits to measure their servers' workload. Because page designs and visit patterns vary from site to site, the number of hits bears no relationship to the number of pages downloaded, and is therefore a poor guide for traffic measurement.
When analyzing web server log files, a hit is any request for a particular site. In addition to actual web page requests, hits include things such as images, scripts and style sheets.
A request for a file that is used to create a Web page. Do not confuse hits with page views or impressions. Because some Web pages are constructed from multiple files, a hit is not the same as a page view. Because a hit is a request for a file, not just for creative, a hit is not the same as an impression. See also impression, page view.
The retrieval of any item from a web server. A Hit is not a good indicator or traffic to a site as it includes any file type on the page viewed. For example a page might include 4 graphics, 1 page and maybe a style file. That one page view would register 6 hits.
A term often used synonimously with pageview or even visit. Technically, every time a file is sent by a server, be it text, graphic, video, and so on, it is recorded as a hit. Not a reliable gauge to compare different sites, as one page with five graphic elements will register six hits when viewed, while a page with no graphics will only register one hit.
An item (Web page, book, article, etc.) retrieved through a catalog, database, or Web search.
A request to view a document (Web page) on the World Wide Web.
An entry in the log file of a Web server. A hit is generated by every request made to a Web server. Calculate based on the total number of files down loaded from an individual site. It is quite common for a single web page to be made up of over twenty files therefore `Hits' can give an inflated and subsequently unreliable estimate of visits.
(1) A visit to a website. (2) A positive response to a web search.
A term referring to a web server receiving an HTTP request from a client browser. Typical hits occur when a browser sends a request for an HTML page, or an inline graphic that appears on the page. Each discreet element of the web page is registered as a "hit" in the website's log file. Downloading a page with many graphic elements will generate many hits. Though "hits" are a common measure for web traffic, they are not as relevant a measurement as "page views."
Connection made to a website.
every request made to your server for data. Every graphic on a web page is a hit as well as the page itself.
Aaddzz defines a hit as the serving of a request for an ad, counter, or tracker. Beware, hit is often defined differently. See also: click-thru and impression
A single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server. In order for a browser to display a single page that contains graphics, multiple hits could occur. As such, a hit is not a good means of measuring a Website's traffic.
Each time a page is loaded, it receives one hit. If a page contains two images, the server logs will indicate one page and two image hits. This is used to measure the amount of traffic pages receive.
Each time someone visits your Web site, that is a 'hit'. Some Webmasters use hit counters on their site to record these visits.
When a user requests an HTML document, image, or external object on the World Wide Web, the server records that request as a "hit." The problem with measuring...
A hit refers to a user clicking on part of or an entire Web page. For example, when you click an ad contained in a Web page, that hit is counted to help gauge the success of that item. The more hits, the more visitors, the more money, presumably, there is to be made. Hit totals are also used to gauge user interest, for example, in a news item or page of content.
Traffic In internet terms a hit means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server. Consequently, for a web browser to display a page that contains 4 graphics there would be 5 hits:One for the HTML page, and one for each of the four graphics
A hit is defined as any single article of a web page which is sent from the website's server, including (but not limited to) any individual graphic, flash file, .css style sheet, etc. Each one of these items is written to the log file as a separate download request, or "hit".
The sending and recording of a single file, whether text, graphic, audio or other, to a browser from a web server. Hits are generated for every element of a requested page (including graphics, text and interactive items) and recorded on a server’s log file. While there is no accurate formula for determining the number of visitors to a page or site based on the number of hits (one visitor could go back and forth twenty times or twenty people could visit a single time each), a hit does indicate that somebody visited. Thus, hits can still be considered far more valuable than the tracking devices in any other media.
One hit is one request for a file on a web server. A visitor opening a page with 5 images will in the process generate 6 hits (1 each for the images and one for the HTML page itself). The term is sometimes also used with reference to the number of results (hits) a search engine returns for a specific query . Hits are often confused with page views and unique visitors . Also see log file
A single request for a resource via a Web server or any entry in a Web server log.
The request from a browser for a Web page and the delivery of that page by a Web server. Strictly speaking, individual components of a page such as an isolated graphic, and a block of text are each considered a hit. Therefore, a page containing three pictures would be counted as at least three hits. Hits are used to determine the volume of traffic a Website receives.
A request from a Web browser for an item from a Web server. Hits are frequently used to measure how often a Web site is accessed or how popular it is.
A request made to a web server for a page, graphic, audio or sound file. Hits are important to know for estimating the load on a server.
when a player requests another card from the dealer
Hits refer to the number of files served when a user accesses a web page. Total hits for a page will therefore equal the number of times the page is accessed X the number of files included on a page.
This is a request for a file from a web server. It can be a HTML or graphic file. A unique visitor may generate hundreds of 'hits' during a visit.
The sending of a single file from a web server to a user's computer. Most webpages contain several files, including all HTML, graphics, audio, etc. Hit is not the same as impression, page view, or number of unique visitors. Information about hits is valuable to the provider for server loading and bandwidth predictions, but used alone, it is of little value as a metric of online advertising, or online use in general.
An individual visit to a Web site or Web page, expressed as a measure of its popularity (i.e., Web traffic volume). For example, a site that had 48,000 visitors during a 24-hour period might be said to have averaged 2,000 "hits" per hour during that period.
A measure of web site traffic; each time a page on a site is requested.
An action on the Web site, such as when a user views a page or downloads a file.
English term for "access": An entry in a protocol file (log file) of a web server is described as a hit. However, no reliable conclusions can be made regarding the number of users, the visits or the called pages from the number of hits because proxy and other cache mechanisms force down the number of registered hits, and push comprehensive multimedia elements, images and icons the entries upwards in the log file. Thus, pages with a high number of graphic elements generate more hits than simply designed pages for the same page impression.
An often misunderstood metric. A hit occurs when a Web server requests that a file be displayed as part of a Web site; however, a hit on a file (your ad, for instance) does not necessarily mean that the consumer saw it.
A request for a file from a Web server. Each element of a requested Web page (including graphics) is counted as an individual hit. Since the number of graphics per page can vary considerably, hits mean very little for comparison purposes.
A hit is a per unit measurement of file openings that occur on a Web site. It refers to how many times someone opens the home page of a Web site, or any other page on that Web site.
A browser or agent making a Web page or file request on a Web server.
Internet users will often talk about web 'hits' and you may also have come across counters on some sites numbering the amount of hits to a particular website. Basically, a hit is a request to a web server from a web browser – so when you logged on to the University's main welcome page, this would have counted as one hit. The number of hits is often used to determine the popularity and traffic through a website. However, in the course of loading a single web page, a browser may hit a web server many times eg. to retrieve the page itself and each image on the page, therefore it is sometimes more appropriate to measure the number of visits to a particular web page.
A hit is synonymous with a page view. Both counts a one unique view of one unique document from a user. A user can visit a number of pages and generate a lot of "hits" through their use. A page can have a lot of visitors and there get a lot of "hits.". When discussing hits, usually the associated images files figure collectively into 1 hit (e.g. 10 GIFs, 2 JPEGs and an HTML document combine to equal 1 hit).
A request of a file from a Web server. Total hits to a site/page are the combination of all downloads.
The number of files pulled off a website. Each webpage is made up of the main page along with external files like CSS and JavaScript. Each picture on a page is a separate that is downloaded and displayed as part of the page by a web browser. Monitoring the "hits" on a website may be more meaningful to the measure of complexity for a website more so than a measurement of visitation. A website could have high hits but still relatively few visitors.
Every file request made to a Web Server is equivalent of one hit.
An instance of any file being loaded on a webpage.
An instance of a graphic or file being loaded on a web page.
A term no longer used to indicate increased site usage, as it was found to count some pages multiple times because of increased page graphics use.
An often mis-used word that refers to any file download from a website, including one hit for the HTML page, and one for each embedded file such as graphics, Flash movies, WAV files etc. Consequently, one page view can generate several hits. Often, the word hit is mis-used where the phrase "visitor session" would be more appropriate.
Every time a file is sent by a server, be it text, graphic, video, etc. it is recorded as a hit. Not a reliable gauge to compare different sites, as one page with five graphic elements will register six hits when viewed, while a page with no graphics will only register one hit. Webmasters use hits to measure their server's workload. Because page designs vary greatly, hits are a poor guide for traffic measurement.
A browser request for any one item, such as a page, graphic, or other resource. It may take several hits to bring up a single Web page as displayed in a browser.
In network parlance, any file, be it a document or graphic file, that is sent from a server. This is a (poor) method of measuring web site traffic. A hit is registered each time a browser request is made from a web server. If you have a web page containing four graphics, each page display will count as five hits. The term is also used for results of a database search.
Each time a web server sends a file to a browser, a "hit" is recorded in the server file logs.
The "hit" is perhaps the most abused term in web traffic measurement. A "hit" is recorded every time a web browser makes a request for a single item of information, such as the HTML code underlying a web page, or the graphics on that page. A hit is recorded for every such element on a page, so for instance 31 hits will be generated by loading a page with 30 graphics on it ONCE (HTML + 30 graphical elements = 31 hits) Hits are a useless measure for anything beyond making the traffic to a website "sound impressive" (e.g. "Our new site got a million hits last month!" - what's not stated is that each page might have 100 graphics on it, meaning that only 10,000 pages were actually served.) See hits and misses for an in-depth look at the various ways of measuring traffic to a site.
A hit is the sending of a single file whether an HTML file, an image, an audio file, or other file type. Since a single Web page request can bring with it a number of individual files, the number of hits from a site is a not a good indication of its actual use (number of visitors). It does have meaning for the Web site space provider, however, as an indicator of traffic flow.
A "hit" is a term used in Webguru reports that represents a single HTTP request from a computer to a web server. When someone visits a web page, his computer usually "hit" the web server several times. The visit statistics are generally more important to a webmaster than the hit statistics.
A hit is simply any request to the web server for any type of file. This can be an HTML page, an image (jpeg, gif, png, etc.), a sound clip, a cgi script and many other file types. An HTML page can account for several hits: the page itself, each image on the page and any embedded sound or video clips. Therefore, the number of hits that a website receives is not a valid popularity gauge but rather an indication of server use and loading.
When a visitor to a website accesses a single file. A user will total several hits from their visit, including html pages and images.
Measurement of how many times a webpage or file has been accessed. Not particularly reliable.
the retrieval of a web object, such as a page or a graphic, from a Web server (Number of hits=Number of times that object has been viewed or downloaded)
A measure of a visit to a web page. When someone visits a web page that page has received one hit.
Your website achieves a hit every time an access request is made to the server. If you have nine graphics and some text on a page, a total of 10 hits are made for every visitor to the page. A less misleading term to use is unique visitor, although people define unique visitors in various ways.
A single access to an information server. For example: the downloading of a single Web page or graphic image from a Web server; a single mail message sent to a Listserver; a single file transfer using ftp. The number of hits is an approximate measure of the amount of activity on a server.
A record of a request for data from a web page or file. A hit is not equivalent to a page view. A page view may be recorded as multiple hits depending on several factors, one being the number of graphic images on the page.
A hit is a single request from for a single item on a web server. To load a page with 5 graphics would count as 6 'hits', 1 for the page plus 1 for each of the graphics. Hits therefore are not a very good measurement of traffic to a website.
A hit occurs when a web page is accessed. An entry is made in the server's log file and can be accessed by the site owner to see how many hits the site is getting. This is a very useful tool to check on the effectiveness of your advertising methods by seeing where your visitors came from, and in calculating the cost per hit ratio. Hits and page views are different. A hit occurs when the page is accessed -- this could be a search engine robot, not necessarily a site visitor with a pair of eyeballs. A page view occurs when a web page is actually opened and viewed from a browser.
A hit is recorded every time a web browser makes a request for a single item of information. When looking at this number, keep in mind that one hit is recorded for every element on the page; so if there are 20 graphics on a page, 20 hits plus 1 for the HTML, will be recorded (21 hits) – not really an accurate count of the number of actual hits to that site.
A hit on a website is one "visit" for a viewer.
Any request for any file located on the web.
Term used to describe the number of times a user visits a Web page.
A "hit" is a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server. For example, a page displaying 3 graphics would require 4 hits: one for the HTML document, and one for each of the 3 graphics. "Hits" are often used as a rough measure of load on a server; however, because each hit can represent a request for anything from a tiny document to a complex search request, the actual load on a machine from a single hit is impossible to define.
In the context of visitors to web pages, a hit (or site hit) is a single access request made to the server for either a text file or a graphic. If, for example, a web page contains ten buttons constructed from separate images, a single visit from someone using a web browser with graphics switched on (a "page view") will involve eleven hits on the server. In the context of a search engine query, a hit is a measure of the number of web pages matching a query returned by a search engine or directory.
The sending of a single file, whether text, graphic, audio or other type of file. When a page request is made, all elements or files that comprise the page are recorded as hits on a servers log file. While there is no accurate formula for determining the number of visitors to a page or site based on the number of hits -- one visitor could go Back and forth twenty times or twenty people could visit a single time each -- a hit at least indicates somebody was there. Thus, hits can be far more valuable than the tracking devices in any other media.
A website "hit" is a single access request made to the server. This value is very different from a website visitor. One visit to one page of your site can be many hits. Each element on each page of your site gets it's own access request. So, if you have a page with 20 images and 10 other elements, one visitor to that one page can generate 30 hits.
relating to a search engine, the number of sites or pages that are returned in response to a given query. Relating to site traffic, a hit is counted each time an individual file (document, image, multimedia file, etc.) is served in response to a visitor's request.
the occurence of a single file being downloaded from a server due to a visitor viewing a webpage. A hit also includes all graphics files, style sheets, etc. So if a visitor visits a single page, this action may create multiple 'hits'. Beware of anyone claiming to have had 1000 hits in a day, since this could actually mean only 50 web pages have been viewed in reality
A unit of measurement for the number of times a file is viewed on a website.
A hit is when a web page gets a certain number of visitors.
This means the same as a Draw. You request the dealer to 'hit' you.
Also called a page hit. The retrieval of any item, like a page or a graphic, from a Web server. For example, when a visitor calls up a Web page with four graphics, that's five hits, one for the page and four for the graphics. For this reason, hits often aren't a good indication of Web traffic. Our preference is to only use the word "hit" when discussing baseball, not online advertising. Compare with page view.
Hits were used to determine how many visitors have accessed a Website, when it was thought that a “hit” represented one access by a visitor. Today, we understand better that when a page is accessed, a counter might determine that each graphic on the page is a hit. This makes hits a poor measure of a site's true visitor count. Programs that track “unique visitors” offer more accurate visitor counts.
A single action on the Web server as it appears in the log file. A visitor downloading a single file is logged as a single hit, while a visitor requesting a Web page including two images registers as three hits on the server; one hit is the request for the .html page, and two additional hits are requests for the downloaded image files. While the volume of hits is an indicator of Web server traffic, it is not an accurate reflection of how many pages are being looked at.
A single request made to a web server for an object on your web site. The object can be an HTML file, a graphic image, or any other embedded object, such as a sound file, in your web pages.
As used in reference to the World Wide Web, a hit is a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server; thus in order for a web browser to display a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 hits would occur at the server: 1 for the HTML page, and one for each of the 3 graphics. Thus an erroneous method of evaluating the number of visitors to a web page.
A request made to a web server. Commonly misused to describe the number of visitors to a site. One visitor may produce several hits per page.
A single request from a Web browser for a single item from a Web server. When a browser displays a Web page that contains 2 graphics, 3 hits occur at the server: 1 hit for the HTML page itself, plus a hit for each of the two graphics. See Also: Impressions
Same as a Draw. (See above). A player requests the dealer to 'hit' them.
A request from a Browser for a single item from a web server. By way of example, in order for a Browser to display a page that contains text and three illustrations (such as a typical breed description page on this Website), four "hits" would occur at the web server – one for the text part of the page, and one for each of the three illustrations. (A web server is a host computer that transmits items over the Internet when it receives requests from a Browser.)
When a user requests an HTML document on the World Wide Web, the server records that request as a "hit". The problem with measuring "hits" is that most Web servers also count each graphic on a page as a hit. For example, if you look at a page with five images on it, some servers count that as five hits. For this reason, "hits" are a questionable measurement of how popular a web site actually is.
A single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server. For example if a web page contained text and two images, three hits would be registered – one for the page and two for the images.
each time a user accesses one of your pages or images it registers a "hit" with the server. This is not an indication of how many people have viewed your site, just an indication of how many files have been looked at overall.
Either the player's request or the dealer's requirement to be dealt an additional card.
A hit count is used as a measure of the popularity of a Web Page. One is added to the hit count every time anyone reads the page. Some pages publish their hit counts. The hit count for a Web Site is the sum of all the hit counts for each file that makes up the Web. This is used to measure the overall popularity of the Web Site and the load on the Web Server.
Often misused phrase - hit is any file download from a website, including one hit for the HTML page, and one for each file (graphics, movies, WAV files etc.). Consequently, one page view can generate several “hitsâ€. The phrase "visitor session" is more appropriate.
1. An incoming request to a web server or other computer system. 2. In information retrieval, a document that is discovered in response to a query.
unité de mesure généralement admise pour évaluer la fréquentation d'un site.
A single request for a file as logged by a Web Server. When a browser requests an HTML page, the server must deliver not just the HTML code but any associated objects such as IMAGE files.
A hit is request for a file (graphics image, text file, html page, etc) from a Web server.
As used in reference to the World Wide Web, "hit" means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server; thus in order for a web browser to display a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 "hits" would occur at the server; 1 for the HTML page, and one for each of the 3 graphics. "Hits" are often used as a very rough measure of load on a server, e.g. "Our server has been getting 300,000 hits per month." Because each "hit" can represent anything from a request for a tiny document (or even a request for a missing document) all the way to a request that requires some significant extra processing (such as a complex search request), the actual load on a machine from 1 hit is almost impossible to define.
Questionable measure of web site traffic. Count one hit each time a browser request is made from a web server. For example, a page containing 5 images counts 6 hits each time it is viewed (once for each image and once for the page itself). Page views are a much better way to measure traffic.
In information systems, an instance of a request of a single item made to an Internet server. A hit is counted each time there is a request to the server. Multiple hits may be counted from one visit to a site as the user moves around the site.
Any request made to the server, including HTML pages, images, cgi scripts, etc.
A hit occurs each time a file that makes up a Web page is viewed by a third party. The number of "hits" does not accurately represent the numbers of visitors at the "hit" site since one person may generate multiple hits by downloading a variety of file formats from the same site.
Hit is a unit of measurement for quantifying traffic to a site. Hit in reference to the World Wide Web means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server. Thus in order for a web browser to display a page that contains 3 graphics, 4 hits would occur at the server: 1 for the HTML page and one for each of the 3 graphics.
A single request from a Web browser for a single item from a Web server–has little predictable relation to users, visitors or pages.
Request from a Web server for a graphic or other element to be displayed on a Web page.
Each time a network server sends a page to a browser, a "hit" is recorded in the server file logs.
Also called a match. A Web site receives a hit when someone accesses a page within it. Also used to describe the number of results returned from key-word searches.
A term used to describe when someone looks at a web page. For example: "My Web page got 15,000 hits yesterday".
A single record that is retrieved by a search in an online database or Web server.
1.One visit to a World Wide Web page by a user.Many servers have counters on their home pages to tell how much traffic they are getting. 2.A cache hit is a successful retrieval of data from a cache.