Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Check to See Who's Visiting

A visitor count is very important when analyzing your web sites progress. Collecting this type of data helps to determine what you need to improve on the most.

The main questions you should ask include:

•What was the total number of visitors for this time period?
•What was the length of the average visit?
•What was the average duration of a page view?
•What was the average number of page views per visitor?
•What was the average number of hits per visitor?
•What domain classes and geographic areas are represented?

After you have recorded your answers to the questions listed above, it is now time for you to answer the all-important questions – why and who is visiting your website. Check below to view a list of important information that can assist you in making sense of the stats discussed so far. This list is meant to get you started thinking about how you can use these stats to better promote your web site.

•Average number of views per visitor: The more pages people view, the more interested they are in your site.
•Domain classes and geographic areas: Indicates where your visitors live and work – which is good information to have if you want to attract advertisers.
•Average number of hits per visitor: Eventually, you can use this information to estimate the number of visitors.
•Visitor count: How many people are visiting? Used to gauge true popularity of a site.
•Length of the average visit: Indicator of if people are actually reading pages on a site or simply browsing.
•Average duration of page view: Another indicator of is people are browsing or in fact reading the content. Ask yourself, “are my pages highly textual, highly graphical, or both?”
•Busiest hours of the day: The time of the day when most people visit a site. This can help you plan daily updates, promotion campaigns, and advertising.

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