jmarshall
10-19-2008, 12:52 PM
Hi,
I have a site where the hosting company uses SmartStats to track visitors, it is pretty good and has a lot of info. I also have the same site setup on Google Analytics. What I am trying to understand is the difference in Visits each one is giving me, Google is about 1/2 of what the SmartStats says for the same time period (not looking at absolute unique, but total visits).
Does anyone have an idea why Google would be so much lower? I am just trying to understand the difference because I want the client to have access to both reports but want to be able to explain the difference. I thought I had read somewhere that google is much more conservative in what they call a 'visit', don't know if that is true or not and if so why ...
Anyway, thanks for any input or references to more information!
I have a site where the hosting company uses SmartStats to track visitors, it is pretty good and has a lot of info. I also have the same site setup on Google Analytics. What I am trying to understand is the difference in Visits each one is giving me, Google is about 1/2 of what the SmartStats says for the same time period (not looking at absolute unique, but total visits).
Does anyone have an idea why Google would be so much lower? I am just trying to understand the difference because I want the client to have access to both reports but want to be able to explain the difference. I thought I had read somewhere that google is much more conservative in what they call a 'visit', don't know if that is true or not and if so why ...
Anyway, thanks for any input or references to more information!