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A Wikipedia reference article defining the 'pageview' metric used in web analytics, distinguishing it from related concepts like 'hits' and 'page impressions.' It explains that a pageview represents a single HTML page load request, making it a foundational unit for measuring website traffic and user engagement.
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- •A pageview is a request to load a single HTML file, distinct from a 'hit' which counts all file requests (images, scripts, stylesheets) needed to render a page.
- •Pageviews are abbreviated as PV in business contexts and are sometimes called 'page impressions.'
- •This metric is a core unit in web analytics for measuring website traffic and user engagement.
- •Multiple hits can occur per pageview since a single HTML page may reference many additional files.
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Request to load a web page, tracked for web analytics
For the place in Gauteng, South Africa, see Pageview, Johannesburg . For information about pageviews on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Pageview statistics .
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In web analytics and website management , a pageview or page view , abbreviated in business to PV and occasionally called page impression , is a request to load a single HTML file ( web page ) of an Internet site . [ 1 ] On the World Wide Web , a page request would result from a web surfer clicking on a link on another page pointing to the page in question.
In contrast, a hit is any request made to a web server which includes not just the HTML page itself, but every single file the page needs to load. Therefore, there may be many hits per page view since an HTML page can contain multiple files such as images ,
videos , JavaScript , cascading style sheets (CSS), etc. [ 2 ] Hits can therefore be an inflated number hence pageviews are more meaningful for readership metrics. [ 3 ]
On balance, page views refer to a number of pages viewed or clicked on the site during the given time. [ 4 ]
Page views may be counted as part of web analytics . For the owner of the site, this information can be useful to see if any change in the "page" (such as the information or the way it is presented) results in more visits. If there are any advertisements on the page, the publishers would also be interested in the number of page views to determine their
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