Stupid Question: Pageview vs Uniques; whats better?

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  • clickclickclick
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2005
    • 1227

    #1

    Stupid Question: Pageview vs Uniques; whats better?

    im slow today

    are they the same thing? if not, which is a better indicator for how busy/productive a website is doing?
    if you need more than 3 clicks to get to a join page, something is wrong ;)

    p.s. i still bring the sales whores here.
  • baddog
    So Fucking Banned
    • Apr 2001
    • 107089

    #2
    depends on a few fators . . . primarily, what kind of site, and are the views coming from people or spiders . . . and I guess, which you prefer.

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    • clickclickclick
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2005
      • 1227

      #3
      well say its a mainstream or some sort of free site.

      i am seeing stats of big pageviews, but i dont think they translate to uniques.
      if you need more than 3 clicks to get to a join page, something is wrong ;)

      p.s. i still bring the sales whores here.

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      • cranki
        Confirmed User
        • Feb 2005
        • 5162

        #4
        uniques of course... if you have 1 user watching 100 pages you have 100 pageviews, but still only 1 potential customer...

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        • ssp
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2005
          • 7990

          #5
          Originally posted by cranki
          uniques of course... if you have 1 user watching 100 pages you have 100 pageviews, but still only 1 potential customer...
          It depends. If 1 user looks at 100 pages then that says you're website is very interesting to this user. For some websites, this is very valuable information.

          Unique visitors are only important if you only want to know how many different people view your website as a whole everyday. Pageviews are sometimes important for the reason above.

          As porn is concerned, I think uniques would be more important in most cases.

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          • ssp
            Confirmed User
            • Jan 2005
            • 7990

            #6
            Originally posted by clickclickclick
            well say its a mainstream or some sort of free site.

            i am seeing stats of big pageviews, but i dont think they translate to uniques.
            Are you using AWStats?

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            • mrthumbs
              salad tossing sig guy
              • Apr 2002
              • 11702

              #7
              wow.. and i always thought stupid questions did not exist.

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              • cranki
                Confirmed User
                • Feb 2005
                • 5162

                #8
                ssp, can you hit me up on icq please? 68635036

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                • clickclickclick
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2005
                  • 1227

                  #9
                  Originally posted by ssp
                  Are you using AWStats?
                  no, this is what some stats page gave me.. i am looking to buy advertising but i see alot of pageviews but no mention of uniques..

                  i gather the site is productive with little traffic..
                  if you need more than 3 clicks to get to a join page, something is wrong ;)

                  p.s. i still bring the sales whores here.

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                  • ssp
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jan 2005
                    • 7990

                    #10
                    Originally posted by clickclickclick
                    no, this is what some stats page gave me.. i am looking to buy advertising but i see alot of pageviews but no mention of uniques..

                    i gather the site is productive with little traffic..
                    That could be true. I'd want to know how many uniques there are before I purchase advertising. I mean, suppose the ratio is 1:1000 then you know there is something dodgy going on.

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                    • fetishblog
                      Confirmed User
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 5995

                      #11
                      Pageviews are good only if you've got some CPM advertising on your pages that pay based on the # of times the ad is viewed(not clicked).

                      Fling.com doesn't steal your traffic and sales unlike some other dating companies. I promote them, and so should you!

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                      • Cyrano
                        Confirmed User
                        • Apr 2006
                        • 920

                        #12
                        I usually compare uniques versus pageviews to calculate the productivity of my surfers.

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