Posted by Steve on 01/29/08 20:09

"Animesh K" <animesh1978@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Michael Fesser wrote:
>> .oO(Animesh K)
>>
>>> Steve wrote:
>>>> wrong!!! it's an *analysis package* where ONE of it's features is
>>>> counting. counting is NOT the mechanism that make all of it work...nor
>>>> is counting even a *primary* feature thereof.
>>> Analysis is only done after "counting" the data as an array made of
>>> (ip-address, time of hit, country of hit, redirecting page
>>> ,page-which-got-hit, ...).
>>
>> That's a lot more than just counting. I wouldn't call the server's
>> logfile a "counter".
>
> It's your choice then. I will still treat the ip-address, time of hit,
> number of hit as a "counter vector" which is more sophisticated than just
> 1, 2, 3, ...

good for you. either you are now backpeddling, or, you take the greatest of
liberties redefining common vernacular all the while expecting us to know
that you've done so. i'm glad you feel so comfortable in doing something so
stupid. i tend to think, though, you're backpeddling...since you feel the
need to *slightly* alter what you've been ranting about. counter
'vector'...ROFLMAO.

>>> It would be better if you (both) sit and think what a (general) counter
>>> would mean before telling us what google analytics is, or what it is
>>> not.
>>
>> 1, 2, 3, 4 ... this is counting. And that's what a hit counter does,
>> nothing more. But GA _does_ a lot more than just counting.
>>
>
> hits per day, hits based on location, hits in the past 1 hour, trend of
> hits, hits per month, hits to unavailable pages, .. all these are
> (conditional) counters. Should I write a formula now?

yes, please do. you'll soon learn in the process that counting will not 'add
up' to what is afforded in web page analysis packages. counting is NOT the
primary means of producing any of the analysed information.

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