Re: [Summary-Talk] Error and Average Steps

[Jason Linhart <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/26/04 1:29 PM Vijay-Kumar Solanki (Vijay@dvinci.com) wrote:

>I have checked the Manual and found defenitions;  however, I am still 
>confused about a few thisngs:

What part of the definitions in the manual don't you understand?

>   1. What are Errors?  Is this if someone types somethign in wrong and
>      you get a 404?

>From the manual <http://summary.net/manual/glossary.html#error>:

A request which resulted in an error code being sent to the browser. The 
most common error is code 404 - File Not Found. This usually occurs when 
a request is mistyped. There are also many other possible causes of 
errors. Any HTTP result code, 400 or higher, is treated as an error by 
Summary.

>   2. What are Averag Steps?  There is a report tha includes this with a
>      1 page visit (does not make sense)

>From the manual <http://summary.net/manual/glossary.html#avgsteps>:

For requests, the average number of steps, including the current item, 
that a visitor took to reach the current item. For everything else, the 
average number of steps per visit for all applicable visits. This is 
generally the average number of pages viewed across all associated 
visits. For example, in the Referring Domain report this would be the 
average number of steps per visit for visits referred by the given domain.

Jason

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