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1. onfollowingchrist
   Member
   Jun 14, 2009, 3:18 PM

   Hi,

   I posted a shortened url last night, http://bit.ly/VKLs5 (which resolves to http://onfollowingchrist.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/time-for-an-mri/), which according to bit.ly quickly got 10 hits, going to 14 this morning.

   Yet WP shows 3 views for this page. I reedited the page a couple of times, NOT via the bit.ly url, but I believe my own navigation does not count toward WP hits.

   So even if all of those 3 WP hits are all from outsiders, I don't understand in the wide disparity between 14 and 3.

   Thanks,
   Paul

   The blog I need help with is onfollowingchrist.wordpress.com.

2. raincoaster
   Member
   Jun 15, 2009, 4:21 AM

   With a smaller number, the variation between two stats systems is going to be wider. No two stats systems count exactly the same thing.

3. raincoaster
   Member
   Jun 15, 2009, 4:21 AM

   Oh, right, just remembered: Wp.com strips out hits from bots. bit.ly probably counts them. That'd do it.

4. onfollowingchrist
   Member
   Jun 15, 2009, 2:26 PM

   I see. Thanks very much, raincoaster, that adds an important layer of understanding to what's going on!

   Very glad this topic didn't scroll off unanswered!

   Paul

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