ArtSites Updates

How do ArtSites Statistics Work? And, can I get more details?

I received a question from ArtSites artist, Bruce Millen, asking "What constitutes a view in the Statistics tab?".

In our Statistics tab, a View represents one page view by a visitor. So, if someone went to a specific Gallery and looked at 7 separate images in that Gallery, that would count as 7 views because the visitor would have visited 7 different pages.

Visitors, on the other hand, are the total number of Unique Visitors that access your website in the given time frame. So, in the above example, even though that person visited 7 pages, they would only count as one Visitor for that day.

We also sometimes get asked: Why don't the Daily Visitors add up to the Monthly Visitors?

This is because if the same person comes back to your site on different days, they will be counted as a Unique Visitor for each of those separate days, but they only count as one Unique Visitor for the entire Month.

A follow-up question we often get is: Are MY visits included in the statistics presented?

The simple answer is "No". When you login to your Administration System, we register your browser and then ignore any visits from that browser to your website.

In other words, any browser that logs into the Adminstration System is not registered in the statistics for that website. This makes sure that your ArtSites statistics only register your visitors and not you. :-)

Now, if you are interested in getting more detailed statistics, we do have a Tutorial on adding a more sophisticated option called Statcounter.com.

Using Statcounter.com, you can see which pages get the most views, where your visitors are coming from, and many more details, as well as some very "pretty" graphs ;-)

If you're interested in setting up Statcounter with your website, check out our Tutorial: Add Statcounter Statistics to Your Website.

(However, you should note that Statcounter DOES include YOUR website visits in their statistics.)