WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Stats displaying incorrectly? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Stats displaying incorrectly? en Fri, 24 May 2013 19:04:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 macmanx on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly/page/2#post-1167404 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:10:53 +0000 macmanx 1167404@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Stats aren't an exact science, we can only report on the data that the visiting browser provides.

It is possible that you actually has 2 visitors (with 2 views each) from the two countries, but we didn't get enough data from one of the browsers to confidently classify one as a unique individual.

Another possibility is that this really was 1 visitor using a proxy service that routed him through the two countries.

]]> crumbsandtales on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly/page/2#post-1167312 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:35:54 +0000 crumbsandtales 1167312@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My stats today say I have 1 visitor and 4 views but under 'views by country' it shows that there are 2 views each from two different countries (how than can there be only 1 visitor logged)? The site I am asking details for is http://www.crumbsandtales.com

]]> radyodinleradyoyom1 on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly/page/2#post-1162652 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:54:28 +0000 radyodinleradyoyom1 1162652@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ First of all I would recommend the use of social media .. If you have no problems using the recently

]]> macmanx on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1162600 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:19:20 +0000 macmanx 1162600@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Web stats aren't an exact science, and inconsistencies are really the nature of the beast.

The core of the issue is that we can only track the data that the visiting browser offers us, this is true of any stats system.

It's entirely possible that you have 3 visitors, each from a different country, but we didn't get enough data to officially classify them as unique individuals.

It's also entirely possible that this is 1 visitor, routing through a proxy which goes through servers in 3 different countries.

In short, there will always be an incredible amount of variables, but we do our best with the data we're given. If you add the word "about" in front of every number, it all makes more sense. :)

]]> riccosaenz on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1162392 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:45:10 +0000 riccosaenz 1162392@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I understand that view statistics are not accurate, but isn't there a way at least to overcome inconsistencies such as having a smaller number of visitors than of countries from which they visit? I mean, if I see my blog has, let's say, 1 visitor and views from 3 countries, it's clear that something is wrong there. Isn't there anything that can be done about it?

]]> richardmtl on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1153575 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:13:55 +0000 richardmtl 1153575@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi mjeleon, please see the links that posted earlier in this thread. As mentioned, website view statstics are not accurate, and with smaller numbers, they can appear at times to be even more disparate with smaller numbers. Let me know if that helps!

]]> mjeleon on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1153190 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:51:02 +0000 mjeleon 1153190@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Well, the problem seems to have fixed itself for now. I still have a screenshot, so I know I'm not crazy! But the visitor number jumped to 6, while the views number rose to 19. So hopefully that'll be the end of it? I'm still somewhat concerned that this happened in the first place though.

]]> mjeleon on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1153188 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:47:44 +0000 mjeleon 1153188@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Help! Incorrect visitor stats for my blog! I know for a fact that multiple people have viewed the post, and yet the visitor number is still at 1, while the views are at 18. Further substantiation of the error is that these views are from different countries, so it's obviously not just one person clicking on a link 18 times. What gives?

]]> richardmtl on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1146870 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:28:25 +0000 richardmtl 1146870@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I was able to view the stats here with no problem:

http://wordpress.com/#!/my-stats/?unit=1&blog=766568

If you can't see them, can you please take a screenshot of what you see? You can take it and post it here:

http://snag.gy

Please give me the link once you've done so. Thanks!

]]> gadjodillo on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1146687 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:04:36 +0000 gadjodillo 1146687@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://gadjodillo.wordpress.com

]]> richardmtl on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1146004 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:11:51 +0000 richardmtl 1146004@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ gadjodillo: which site are you having difficulty viewing the stats for? I can have a look myself to see if there's an issue.

]]> gadjodillo on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1145901 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:54:01 +0000 gadjodillo 1145901@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I used to believe what stats showed to me. But ever since I installed a new statcounter, I realized there was a gap: unaccounted visits on either sides. Meaning, everything coming through "google wireless transcoder" (dozens or readings for hours I monitored bitterly on statcounter) or from Opera browser do not count for the wordpress stats - and also things which do not appear on statcounter,com but are counted by wordpress stats. I guess we just have to come to terms with that inconsistency.
plus, i never see the bars lately - only when i see the small preview on my dashboard. it's an empty shell.

]]> richardmtl on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1145323 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:50:44 +0000 richardmtl 1145323@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi Sanjanik,

Staff can and will close threads when we think that the issue is best dicsussed in another thread, to make it a bit easier for us to track things. In your case, a member of our staff thought it best to close that thread, but your posts were not deleted.

Thanks for your understanding.

]]> sanjanik on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1145073 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:07:00 +0000 sanjanik 1145073@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you so much richardmtl for the links!
As I can see, this is not unusual, this can happen and statistics can't be 100% right.

One more thing I would like to know is why my topic on this subject was deleted.
The one that I had started already existed when this here appeared and mine was deleted in favor of this here.
I would like to know more on this things as well, because if this happened just because somebody reported and that person was wrong which one to delete, then how to get protected from deleting our topics?
I reacted on the topic not to be deleted but this was ignored.
Please check here:

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/incorrect-stats-2?replies=17#post-1130846

Thank you!

]]> richardmtl on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1145040 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:44:49 +0000 richardmtl 1145040@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi sanjik,

Measuring stats for website visits will always be an innacurate affair, for various reasons. For a quick primer into why this is so, have a look at these articles:

http://www.sitepoint.com/website-statistics-reports-wrong-1/
http://www.sitepoint.com/website-statistics-reports-wrong-2/
http://www.sitepoint.com/website-statistics-reports-wrong-3/

To find out more about how our stats are measured and reported, see the following help page.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/

If you have any further questions, please let me know!

]]> sanjanik on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1145037 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:40:49 +0000 sanjanik 1145037@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi richardmtl,
Thanks for your reply.
It shows incorrect number of visitors, for example it shows visits from 2 different countries, but it says 1 visitor, 4 views.
It looks that the views are ok, but the visitors are displayed wrong.

]]> richardmtl on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1145009 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:22:22 +0000 richardmtl 1145009@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi sanjanik,

When I view your stats here:

http://wordpress.com/#!/my-stats/?unit=1&blog=34497057

everything appears normal to me. What problems are you having, exactly?

]]> sanjanik on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1144799 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:56:54 +0000 sanjanik 1144799@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi, I am still having problems.
Apart of that, I would like to know why stuff deleted my forum topic on this subject? The one deleted had started before this one.
I would really like to know more on this.
Thanks!
sanja

]]> mcahalane on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1131268 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:45:41 +0000 mcahalane 1131268@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Mine seem to have corrected themselves within 24 hours. I was just concerned I'd missed something I was supposed to be looking for. New to this!

Thanks, everyone.

]]> timethief on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1130889 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:31:49 +0000 timethief 1130889@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @richardmtl
I'm not. As usual it took a little time for them to catch up and as usual I was too busy answering questions to be staring at my stats page.

]]> richardmtl on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1130875 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:24:16 +0000 richardmtl 1130875@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi all,

Thanks for the reports. Is anyone still having problems with their stats display?

]]> 14jazz on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1129802 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:25:08 +0000 14jazz 1129802@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My stats seem to have corrected themselves since the initial problem was resolved. I haven't had many hits this weekend either, maybe because of the 3 day weekend?

]]> theithandbook on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1129680 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:48:31 +0000 theithandbook 1129680@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there, anyone else experiencing a decline in the number of views/visitors? I usually get a handful of hits every day, haven't had a 'hit-less' day for months yet I've not had a single hit since Friday according to the stats - does that sound like anyone else or am I just unpopular? *sob*!!

]]> timethief on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1128970 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:47:56 +0000 timethief 1128970@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @apetcher
Was that meant to be helpful?

]]> apetcher on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1128967 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:44:21 +0000 apetcher 1128967@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't believe the stats anyway!

]]> timethief on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1128928 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:41:52 +0000 timethief 1128928@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm using Firefox 18 and my stats are displaying http://wordpress.com/#!/my-stats/

To be clear about this our stats are not real time stats. They do take time to update.

]]> gabbycatface on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1128920 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:34:26 +0000 gabbycatface 1128920@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Me too...well my post I put up today apparently has had 1 visitor but 33 views on the same post...which I know is not true as several people are commenting on my facebook link to the post, having said they've read it...

]]> mcahalane on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1127769 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:21:50 +0000 mcahalane 1127769@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks, everyone. It seemed to correct itself last night, but then maybe not this morning. As long as it's a known issue, then I'm fine.

Was hoping I hadn't broken WordPress! :)

]]> richarddunks on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1127329 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:30:21 +0000 richarddunks 1127329@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Same here. I just noticed it today. Anyone have an idea how long it's been an issue?

]]> empressofaiken on "Stats displaying incorrectly?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-displaying-incorrectly#post-1127326 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:23:59 +0000 empressofaiken 1127326@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ same with me

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