Difference between revisions of "Hit"
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| − | 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 | + | 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 website space provider, however, as an indicator of traffic flow. |
| − | web page request can bring with it a number of individual files, the number of hits from a site is a not a good | + | [[Category:Jargon]][[Category:Metrics]] |
| − | indication of its actual use (number of visitors). It does have meaning for the website space provider, however, as | + | |
| − | an indicator of traffic flow. | + | |
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Latest revision as of 10:37, 6 June 2007
A request for a file.
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 website space provider, however, as an indicator of traffic flow.
