what does unique mean? (7 posts)

Topic tags: Analytics, Insights
  • IN INSIGHTS, WHEN  FACEBOOK  explains  total reach they say   it means   that   X  unique people  saw  the page  during  the week…………. if  A PERSON  saw the page  every day of the week…would  that  count    as 1 unique  person  or  7?   

    this is  so  convoluted  to me…. i imagine  each day  counts as a seperate view   but  thats not  what unique  means in the  real world…

  • That will count as 1 unique visitor and when the customers come back they will be counted as returning visitors so if for example you look at google analytics for your website visitors it usually shows for example 1000 uniques visitors and 200 returning, I hope that helps.

  • In computing terminology, unique visit or unique person means “user”. If I visit your page 500 times, no matter when I do it, I am a unique visitor who made 500 visits.

  • @kyros_v thanks,,,i thought i  understood unique  as  you  esplained… thatws how  it is on  statcounter which i use instead of  google……  but ,,  im pretty sure  facebook  counts  you over and over,,, meaning  they  count  you  as  unique   this  week/  counts  you again the next week……….  otherwise i would have  30 or 40,000 unique  viewers  out of my  2800  fans…. 

    this week i had a reach of  6000 ….  that  seems  way too high out of   2800 fans…  thats why  i  wondered if  they counoted   the  viewer   every day of the week  they  measure….also i have about  30 posts in a week….

  • @webhostingreviews thanks  ben…. so im   supposed to think i  get  6000 unique  visitors  every week, out of my  2800  fans?   that  would  be  over  140,000 unique  visitors over a  years  time….maybe  facebook  does it different…,,,

    my insight page says i reached   6000  unique  people  last  week…i cant  get  this number  figured out….one  way it makes  sense is if they count  a connection   ever day they  visit within the week……

  • Frankly it means only a word that has been used and abused especially on Facebook traffic calculations

  • ha ha…  good point….i looked over this with my tekk person and   we are sure  it  doesnt  really  mean what unique  used to mean  like on  google    or  stat counter…..like  eddy  says above,   the  clasic   definition of  unique in web talk    has  been  made a little  murky……..

    @eddysleiman


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