As requests (see Requests) are made to the web server from sites (see Sites), the server records the IP address and the time which elapses between requests from that IP address (see IP address). By common default, if the time between requests exceeds 30 minutes, then the web server records a new visit for that site.
Number of visitors to a website.
Term used to indicate how many times a Web page has been visited by people on the Internet.
Request from one user on the www server. When a user is not active over 30 minutes on the server, another request is recognized as an another visit.
Visits represent the total number of times people have visited your web site. A visit is counted whenever a web site user requests one or more files from the web server. If the user becomes idle for more than a certain amount of time (usually 20 minutes), a new visit is generated when they come back.
Indicates how many times a Web page has been accessed by Internet users. Example: if a site has received over 200,000 visits, the home page has been displayed by different users all over the world more than 200,000 times.
A visit is a collection of pages viewed by an individual over the course of a single session on your website. A session is defined as a collection of hits from the same IP address with fewer than "x" minutes between each hit. If a visitor leaves your site then returns more than "x" minutes later, he will be counted as a new visits. Also, if your home page is set to your website, then you will be counted as a new visit each time you open your Internet browser.
Another way to compare and measure Web site traffic. A visit is activity on a Web site from a specific individual. That activity usually counts as a new visit if the individual has been away from the Web site for a period of fifteen minutes or longer.
The number of unique users who come to your website and go to several different pages. Visits are a better indicator of a website's "popularity" than hits.
The number of visits is a measure of website traffic and refers to an individual's activity over a given time period on a website.
A sequence of requests made by one user at one site. If a visitor does not request any new information for a period of time, known as the "time-out" period, then the next request by the visitor is considered a new visit. To enable comparisons among sites, I/PRO uses a 30-minute time-out.
The number of distinct visits to a web site within a specified time period, such as one day or one month. Visits are an imprecise term and numbers may vary considerably depending on the type of calculation used, but many log and statistical applications define a visit as a single browser session by a single IP address. Multiple browser sessions by the same visitor will often be counted as a single visit if the time frame within which they occur is short. Because of the often arbitrary and imprecise methods used to determine visit counts, the term is of comparatively little statistical value. Page views and unique visitor counts, computed individually and in combination, are far more useful in determining the relative popularity of a web page or web site.
In e-commerce, the set of requests made by one user at one Web site. If there is no activity within a given time frame (usually 30 minutes), the visit is considered closed.