“requests” versus “page requests” = ? unique visitors???

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  beemerchef · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 2:03 am

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  OK, this is driving me bunkers… the Word Press Stat page uses different words than other Stat programs… and I cannot figure it out!!!
  Example of numbers… “requests”… 3000, than the “page requests”…. 1510
  I thought “requests” could be unique visitors, but obviously not… as “page requests” is generally about half that number… would love an explaination of the meanings… THANKS

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 2:52 am

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  The FAQs is a good place to start looking http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/02/09/questions-about-stats/

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  beemerchef · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 3:33 am

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  Thanks for the path… but there is no explaination between “requests” and “page requests”… would you know?… even my websmaster does’nt know!!! Does anyone know?

  Thanks…

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 3:41 am

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  Contact staff on Monday for a clarification http://wordpress.com/contact-support/
  Wordress does not provide stats for unique visitors but you can receive more information with a free third party statsmeter http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/07/28/can-i-have-a-statcounter-on-my-blog/

  How do I add a counter using a Widget?

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 3:48 am

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  Speculation, but would requests not be all requests for the front page of the blog as well as individual posts, and page requests be requests for specific posts only?

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 3:51 am

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  That certainly sounds plausible. It will be interesting to hear what Andy says.

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  beemerchef · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 5:41 am

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  Thank you… I will contact the office tomorrow… I thought “request”would be each request… but then… “page request”?… OK… enough!!!

  Be well…

  Ara

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  beemerchef · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 9:08 pm

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  Well… Word Press will no answer because I only use their software… so the question remains! Aren’t you curious yourself when you see the stats…

  “request”… versus “page request”?

  Maybe… someone here that HAS a word press blog could ask the question and post it here?…. please…

  Thanks…

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  devblog · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 9:17 pm

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  did you download the software and are hosting it yourself?

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 27, 2007 at 9:26 pm

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  We don’t have those stats. We have different stats, because we’re hosted by WordPress.com. Since you’re not, why don’t you just install yet another analysis program like Google Analytics.