what is hits

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  visitskc · Member · Jan 26, 2009 at 3:05 am

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  What that hits mean in wordpress blog? Initially my hits was 68 but it has increased to 1700 near. Does that mean that my blog is more popular than previous or just its my illusion? What is the use of that hits? Can anybody clear my misconception?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 26, 2009 at 3:09 am

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  Questions About Stats

  Each “hit” is a page view. Yes, it means more people are going to your blog.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 26, 2009 at 3:34 am

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  The hits are not always readers, though. I put up a page with index in the name, and my hits went up, but I don’t see any clicks from that page. What human would “read” an index and not look further? Well, ok. but I think that not all the hits are human.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 26, 2009 at 3:56 am

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  Supposedly wordpress filters out all “bots” and such from what they display in the stats. They may miss one or two here or there, but I don’t think it amounts to a lot.

  {shrug}

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 26, 2009 at 4:18 am

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  The skeptic in me! [shrug]
  Likely you are right then. That is nice.

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  nyjoomla · Member · Jan 26, 2009 at 4:56 am

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  Here is my share of what hits is all about. See the entry. http://nyjoomla.wordpress.com/site-report/the-latest-stats-obsession/