Numbers and Statistics

Visits - Each time a real human being from computer or cell phone visits our website.  Useful!

Hits - This is usually misconstrued.  One visitor can access a web page with 200 elements and will register 200 hits.   Not Useful!

Our Growth Comparison  - December (Month)

   Dec 10 Dec 09 Dec 08 Dec 07 Dec 06 % Inc.
*33,049 25,099 19,709 12,048 7,370 48%
*24,196 18,550 14,476 8,903 5,218 63%

Our Growth Comparison  - Year

  2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 % Inc.
*216,227 170,310 123,177 104,383 25,529 46%
*163,691 129,003 91,075 77,766 19,048 59%

  *Number Of Visits
  *Unique Visitors

Glossary of Useful Terms

Number of Visits - This represents the total number of times people have visited the web site.  A visit is counted whenever a web site users requests one or more files from a web server, if the user becomes idle for more than a certain amount of time (usually 20 minutes), a new visit is generated when they come back.

Unique Visitors - This represents any number of visits from the same computer.  If a person returns to the site again, a visit is counted, but a unique visit is not.

New Visitors - This represents a visit by a computer that has not yet been to the web site in the time period of the report.

Return Visitors -
A return visit is counted when a computer that has already been to the site previously returns for another visit.