Update: More Page View Counting Refinement
CloudFlare, a web traffic management service, has the ability to provide accurate reports on Unique IPs and Hits due to its comprehensive view of all web traffic. Unlike Google Analytics, which relies on beacon-based tracking that may miss certain visitors or requests, CloudFlare's hits number is an exact count as it sees every request from every visitor. However, the challenge for CloudFlare lies in classifying which "hits" should actually count as page views. The company has recently made refinements to its algorithm to improve accuracy and align its page view stats more closely with those reported by Google Analytics.
Company
Cloudflare
Date published
May 28, 2012
Author(s)
Matthew Prince
Word count
578
Hacker News points
None found.
Language
English