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Unique Visitors = 1/10th of Unique IPs?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-might-be-pushing-it dept.

Max Fomitchev submitted a little blog entry where he proposes that the ratio of unique IPs to actual unique users is 10:1. This flies in the face of the numbers you usually see attached to these sorts of things. I'm not sure about the logic he uses to come up with these numbers either.

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  1. Well then why the fuck did you post it Taco? by hellfire · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm not sure about the logic he uses to come up with these numbers either.

    News for Nerds! News! This isn't news. This is a random and arbitrary article that passes itself off as fact when it's just speculation. That's not news! Why the hell did you post it Taco if it isn't news???? Please.

    Webmasters the world over know that the numbers we get aren't entirely accurate because of DHCP servers, NATs, and all the things we for IP addressing. That's not news and no webmaster really needs to be reminded of it!

    What would be news is a statistical study that tries to provide facts to back up this 1/10 number, or a new, more accurate way to count people who visit your website.

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