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Permalink Reply by Emiliana Martín on July 5, 2012 at 12:13am

What is the difference between a page view and a visit?

Permalink Reply by Laura on July 5, 2012 at 5:17am

If you think about how users are going through the site, one person going anywhere in the site is one visitor. But that one visitor might go to several pages, meaning that the page views is a different number.

Basically, if you have a page view number much higher than your visit number, it means that people are coming on and looking at a lot of pages - a good thing!

Permalink Reply by Farida AL-Rimawi on June 13, 2013 at 8:21pm

a great answer .. thanks for sharing!

Permalink Reply by Sherrey Meyer on July 5, 2012 at 8:06am

Laura's reply is right on from what I've discovered this morning.  I found that explanation at a web site that looks great for those of us beginning to attempt to understand Google Analytics.  Here's the link:  http://sz0174.ev.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/mail?app=mail#1.  Also, the owner of the site is currently offering a free e-book on Google Analytics for Beginners.  I think both the site and the book may help us all get a better understanding.

Once you get to the site scroll down a bit for their explanation of page views vs. visits.  Happy learning!

Permalink Reply by Karen Li Trimbath on January 15, 2013 at 9:55am

I will have to check this out when I get home. Thanks for sharing.

Permalink Reply by Catrina Barton on July 5, 2012 at 8:25am

DO you have to have a google account to use this? I ask because several months back I got locked out of my google+ google, youtube, and blogger accounts, because they wanted my cellphone and SSN.

Permalink Reply by Emiliana Martín on July 5, 2012 at 12:12pm

Yes, I have a google account. It's directly linked to my Gmail account. Google has never asked me for my SSN. Something is wrong there. 

Permalink Reply by Catrina Barton on July 5, 2012 at 7:59pm

The minute it asked for my SSN I knew something was wrong. The problem is all 4 accounts have me permanently locked out until i comply by giving the SSN, which I will never do.