View source for Counter Definitions

'''Note:''' All times represented in the Statistics sections of the service are in Pacific Standard Time.

==First-Time Visitor==
A '''first-time visitor''' is a visitor who has not been identified as having already been to the page that you are tracking.

==Returning Visitor==
A '''Returning Visitor''' is a visitor with an existing analytics cookie from a previous visit.  It is a measurement of how influential a page is. The higher the number, the more frequently it was viewed. Returning visitors are tracked on a daily basis based on IP and is reset at midnight.

==Unique Visitor==
'''Unique visitor''' are distinct individuals that are requesting pages from a website during a given period of time. Regardless of how often they visit.

==Pageview==
A '''pageview''' is the number of times a visitor views a page on your website, regardless of how many hits are generated. 
* '''Page hits'''  - track every single instance of a hit and are a separate stat.
* '''Page visits''' - track unique visitors on a daily basis based on IP and reset at midnight. 

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