JamesR
msg:966314 | 6:07 pm on Dec 15, 2003 (gmt 0) |
AOL uses proxy servers to deliver results. You may be confusing hits with visitors. Hits is every time a file associated with a particular page (i.e. graphics files on your home page) actually load. You could get 10 hits with only 1 page loading and 1 visitor visiting.
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linton
msg:966315 | 2:09 pm on Dec 16, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Hi James, Yup, I think I used the wrong terminology between hits and visitors/sites. But, my stats show that one visitor was
cache-DK05.proxy.aol.com and another visitor
cache-DQ01.proxy.aol.com I get this reasonably often and my stats show that I have many different sites visiting my website whereas it is a lot fewer because this is only one search but it is shown as 10 or more visits because of the slight change in the site address (dk05 then dqo1, etc etc). I hope I have explained it a bit better this time? Paul
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BlueSky
msg:966316 | 2:23 pm on Dec 16, 2003 (gmt 0) |
It's not unusual for an AOLer to change IPs while surfing your site in the same visit due to their ISP using proxies. AOL also caches webpages to save them (and you) bandwidth should another customer request the same ones unless of course you've added no caching into your site.
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linton
msg:966317 | 6:06 pm on Dec 16, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Thanks Bluesky, I don't have any caching on my site although it has a link to another property related website that does cache. I guess there is no way stop stop the differnt IPs from showing up in my stats if aol uses many of these for each visit? Cheers, Paul
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