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Hi friends

I m wonder how to find out actual count of unique visitors in my website
Any specific tool or plugin for that purpose ?

Thanks in advance
Rajeesh

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As asked about the "actual" count, and since and pointed toward using analytics, here is a practical, no-nonsense way to get a reliable unique-visitor number and understand why different tools disagree.

"Unique visitor" usually means a distinct client identifier seen within a chosen time window. Common methods are cookie/client-side IDs (counts browsers), server-log or IP-based counts (can conflate multiple users behind NAT), and authenticated user IDs (best when you require logins). Each has limits: cookies get deleted or blocked, IPs are shared or change, and client-side scripts are blocked by adblockers. Read about cookie behavior here: Cookies - MDN.

Practical steps:

  1. Pick a reporting window (day/week/month) and stick with it.
  2. If you have logins, use a stable user-ID to deduplicate across devices.
  3. Ensure your tracking runs on every page and check for duplicate tags.
  4. Filter known bots and internal IP ranges in whatever system you use.
  5. Cross-check analytics counts against raw server logs for a short period to surface gaps (blocked JS, missing pages, or crawler noise).
  6. Document the method (cookie TTL, filters, time zone) when you publish numbers.

Treat unique-visitor counts as an estimate for trends, not a perfect headcount. Also factor in privacy/consent requirements that can reduce client-side totals.

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Yes dear. there is tool of Google from where you can see your visitors. Check webmaster tool....

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Friend you can see it by using google webmaster tool and using Alexa.

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