HitMan tutorial - Unique vs non-unique hits

HitMan tutorial - Counters - Hit accounting methods

Deciding between unique vs. non-unique hits

As always the final choice is yours and HitMan will let you count the hits you want and let go the ones you don't. But, before taking a decision lets evaluate both methods.

As it name suggests, unique hits are hits accounted only once. This is when a visitor opens a page a hit is accounted. If he navigates away and later he comes back the new hit is not accounted.
If non-unique hits is used then every time that person returns to that page a new hit is accounted providing the document is delivered by the server and not loaded from the visitor's computer cache without server intervention.

HitMan, by default uses the non-unique method. In this way you can learn what your visitors do at your site by following the returning hits. All hits carry a time stamp so you know if a returning hit comes from another of your pages or the visitor came back at a later time of that day or another day provided he keeps his IP.

If you want to modify the default method of accounting hits you need to add a command to the link or let HitMan do it for you by selecting the Unique hit option on the editor screen. &unq=1 does the trick. If you later want to go back to the default just remove that command.

Since HitMan does not requires nor inserts cookies into visitor's computer it will reset each individual visitor's unique hit control at about 23 hrs of the last visit.

Lets see this working:

This page (page8.html) has a visible counter.

That counter displays hits accrued from opening this other page. (page7.html)

This page is the same as the last but I've included the &unq=1 command so no matter how many times you refresh that page the counter will not add up another hit today for your IP. (page7b.html)

But you can go back to the previous page (page7.html) and refresh it to see that when the command is not added the hit is counted normally.
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	HitMan tutorial - Counters - Hit accounting methods

	Deciding between unique vs. non-unique hits


	As always the final choice is yours and HitMan will let you count the hits you want and let go the ones you don't. But, before taking a decision lets evaluate both methods. As it name suggests, unique hits are hits accounted only once. This is when a visitor opens a page a hit is accounted. If he navigates away and later he comes back the new hit is not accounted. If non-unique hits is used then every time that person returns to that page a new hit is accounted providing the document is delivered by the server and not loaded from the visitor's computer cache without server intervention. HitMan, by default uses the non-unique method. In this way you can learn what your visitors do at your site by following the returning hits. All hits carry a time stamp so you know if a returning hit comes from another of your pages or the visitor came back at a later time of that day or another day provided he keeps his IP. If you want to modify the default method of accounting hits you need to add a command to the link or let HitMan do it for you by selecting the Unique hit option on the editor screen. &unq=1 does the trick. If you later want to go back to the default just remove that command. Since HitMan does not requires nor inserts cookies into visitor's computer it will reset each individual visitor's unique hit control at about 23 hrs of the last visit.

	Lets see this working: This page (page8.html) has a visible counter. That counter displays hits accrued from opening this other page. (page7.html) This page is the same as the last but I've included the &unq=1 command so no matter how many times you refresh that page the counter will not add up another hit today for your IP. (page7b.html) But you can go back to the previous page (page7.html) and refresh it to see that when the command is not added the hit is counted normally. Note: The previous three links open in a new window


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