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Visitor Statistics
The number of visitors to our site has more than quadrupled since July 1998.  We now receive between 800 to 1,200 visitors each day and over 1.5 million hits each month! 
Don't spend your time and advertising dollars on sites that don't get the results the RI Wedding Guide gives.  In comparison to National Wedding Sites and other local wedding sites, The On-line Rhode Island Wedding Guide is definitely a less expensive, but more effective way to reach local brides.  Need proof?  Ask those other sites to give you their statistics. 
Here are the actual stats for the past few months:
Jan 2005 Feb 2005 March 2005 Apr 2005
Total Visitors 27,541 21,076 19,955 17,306
Total Pageviews 438,982 334,332 350,886 259,382
Total Hits 555,356 420,846 434,563 326,752
Average Daily Visitors 888 726 643 576
Visitors vs. Hits
Vendors often ask us what the difference is between a hit and a visitor.  There is an important distinction between the two, so we've included "official" definitions below.
Visitor/User Session- A session of activity (all hits) for one user of a web site. A unique user is determined by the IP address or cookie. By default, a user session is terminated when a user is inactive for more than 30 minutes.
Hit- An action on the web site, such as when a user views a page or downloads a file.
What this Means - One visitor represents many hits.  For example, if a visitor visits your site and visits 4 pages within your site, they would count as one visitor and over 40 hits.  In other words, the number of hits is meaningless.  The number of visitors is the important number.