PAGE VIEWS

Page views per visitors, per day and per month

These graphs show the daily and monthly ratio of [ page views A 'page view' is counted whenever a visitor loads one of your web pages inside a browser (providing that the Web-Stat code has been installed on that page). During a single 'visit' or 'session' a typical visitor will view several pages, incrementing the page views count each time (which is why the number of page views is always higher than the number of visits for a given day). ] per [ visitor session A 'visit' or 'session' is started when a visitor opens your site in a browser. It is terminated when that same visitor (defined by his IP address or a cookie) has been inactive for more than 30 minutes. If the visitor comes back to your site after more than 30 minutes, a new session is counted. ] for your site.

A high ratio is a sign that your site captures your visitors interest since a visitor who spends more time on your site and goes deeper inside will generate more page views than an visitor who just glanced at the home page and left. In that respect, this report is the opposite of the bounce rate report.

Note that there is no 'right' value for the page views per visitor ratio. It's used to compare traffic patterns over time on a given site. For instance, if you redesign your navigation and the page views per visitor ratio suddenly drops, then it is a sign that your visitors may be confused and unable to navigate the new site. Seeing that report drop is an alarm bell telling you that something is wrong.