Why are comments not measured as an indication of page views?

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    rura88 · Member ·

    Over the course of a day my blog can receive up to dozens or hundreds of comments, spam and serious yet these comments are not reflected in the statistics.

    It does not seem to make sense. In order to comment on a post the post has to be in “reading” sight for the reader who wants to comment.

    This is something I still do not understand about Word Press statistics. Is there a specific reason for this strange phenomenon?

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    rura88 · Member ·

    There still has been no reply from Word Press people.

    You cannot read about without holding it in some kind of visible format. You cannot read a blog post, without visible access to it and comments directed to a specific post should therefore be based on the principle of view and read to comment.

    What made the statisticians at Word Press go against empirical logic of perception-response-comment?

    Each week I receive hundreds of spam comments, no mention in the statistics. This is not acceptable.

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    rachelmcr · Member ·

    Hi there,

    Any time someone visits a post or page on your blog, or opens the full view of a post in the WordPress.com Reader, it’s counted as a view in your stats. You can read more details about how stats work on your blog here: Stats

    However, it’s still possible for someone to read and respond to your posts without viewing them on your blog or in the Reader. For example, if someone subscribes to your blog via email they can read the post there and comment on it via email without ever opening the post to view it on the blog: Comment Reply via Email

    In cases where a comment is left without ever visiting the blog, your blog’s stats won’t record a view even though the reader saw and responded to the post.

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    rura88 · Member ·

    Thanks for the response. I read about this “statistics phenomenon” and apparently it boils down to counting choices. Decisions have been made, the rest is history.

    I like Word Press enough to let this be despite the strange discrepancy between dozens to hundreds of comments and no mention in the statistics.

    In my opinion the statistics of Word Press do not make sense. It is unacceptable from my logic of “view + comment = + 1” but I will live with the strange statistics.

    Consider this issue resolved.

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