I posted a partial graph of this data back in November of last year, AWSTATS. That post provides the definition for the terms used, but I'll provide them again here..
Unique Visitor:
A unique visitor is a host that has made at least 1 hit on 1 page of your web site during the current period shown by the report. If this host make several visits during this period, it is counted only once. The period shown by default is the current month.
Visits:
Number of visits made by all visitors.
Think "session" here, say a unique IP accesses a page, and then requests three others without an hour between any of the requests, all of the "pages" are included in the visit, therefore you should expect multiple pages per visit and multiple visits per unique visitor.
Pages:
The number of "pages" logged.
This new chart shows an alarming trend, a major reduction in page views. However another counter shows no real change. New visits seem to be stable, as do returning visits. The server bandwidth appears to be dropping, as the trend line moves away the 'unique visits' line.
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Oh, I guess I should say that the bandwidth curve is relative and has little to due with the views shown on the 'y' axis.
I've been trying to control bandwidth for months now....
Of course a reason for the decline in Page Views would be the separation and reduction in data on a page. Many pages now only carry a specific topic, so more people may be hitting the exact page they are looking for, with no need to click to another page....
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