Measuring traffic
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:48 pm
What is a good way to measure traffic? I was thinking about this method.
Get ip address
store ip address in database table, delete entry after 30 minutes.
check if ip address is found in database,
if it is, then do not count this
if ip address is not found in database, then add this as a new visitor
some surfers share ip addresses, so this method would not count those coming from the same ip address within 30 minutes.
There are the terms unique versus raw hits. What is the difference between them? Would the above method be the former?
Get ip address
store ip address in database table, delete entry after 30 minutes.
check if ip address is found in database,
if it is, then do not count this
if ip address is not found in database, then add this as a new visitor
some surfers share ip addresses, so this method would not count those coming from the same ip address within 30 minutes.
There are the terms unique versus raw hits. What is the difference between them? Would the above method be the former?