2003 Site Growth

  2002 2003 Percent Change
Hits for Home Page
2,507,309 2,673,912 7 +
This number represents the number of times the web server is requested to display an element on the Home Page (www.mtsac.edu). Elements would include the web page, images, and multimedia elements that are used if any. This number may not represent a realistic account since this "hit" count may not necessarily represent actual increase in usage.
       

Successful Hits for Entire Site

44,247,113 67,861,552 53 +
This number represents the number of times the web server is requested to display any element on any web page throughout the web site, and that element is successfully displayed.
       
Page Views (Impressions)
8,937,919 12,005,904 34 +
This statistic provides a more realistic view of web site usage because this number represents the number of times an individual page is viewed by a unique (unduplicated) user. That is, one person viewing a page once during each visit. This number does not count return visits to the same page during a single visit.
       
Number of User Sessions 2,518,176 2,535,063 0.67 +
This number represents the number of times a unique (unduplictaed) user visits the web site home page during a single visit. The user session count increases by one each time a user enters the Home Page (www.mtsac.edu) but does not increase if the user enters the web site at another page. This number provides the most accurate accounting of the number of visits to the Home Page. This number, when significantly lower than the "Hits for entire site" number suggests users are entering pages through bookmarks or search engines rather than starting at the home page.
       
Average Hits per Day
120,893 185,922 54 +
This number represents the number of "hits" the Home Page receives on a daily basis averaged over the course of the year. Like the Home Page "hits," this count can be inflated by the number of elements found on a web page.
       
Average Page Views Per Day 24,420 32,892 35 +
This number represents the number of times the Home Page is viewed over the course of the day. Like the "Page Views" section above, this number provides a more realistic view of web site usage because it represents an averaged number of daily visits to the Home Page by a unique (unduplicated) user during the course of the year.
       
Average User Sessions per Day 6,880 6,945 1 +
This number represents the average number of user sessions generated each day. This number is not duplicated when the same user visits the Home Page more than once during a single session when the web browser is active.
       
Average User Session Length 00:15:37 00:13:06 (16 - )
This number represents the average amount of time a unique user (unduplicated) spends visiting the web site during each session.