Site Traffic Volume by Hits

Hits are the most widely publicized measure of  web site traffic. One statistics program defines a Hit as "any request by a Web Browser for data such as a web page, bitmap, CGI or file." All of the B-V-I Guide's statistics are automatically generated by Webalizer Version 2.01  for X7 Hosting. Although they have drawbacks, hits are often published and are used for rough comparison purposes.

Many pages have page counters. Page counters are notoriously inaccurate since, not only can the starting or other numbers be set to any number, but a simple refresh command or revisit can increase the numbers.  Nor do page counters show traffic volume by time periods.