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Every day I have got louts of visitors in my website but now I am quit confused about how I decide that those visitors are unique or not..? Suggest me!!!

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Several replies here (for example , , , and ) point in the right direction by steering you toward analytics — but “unique visitor” is not a single universal thing. Modern analytics use identity spaces (User‑ID for signed‑in users, device/client IDs from cookies, and modelled IDs when identifiers aren’t available). Which identity your tool uses determines what “unique” actually counts. ()

What that means in practice: most tools rely on a cookie (a client‑side client ID) tied to a browser and device, so the same person on phone + laptop usually appears as two uniques. If cookies are blocked, deleted, or curtailed by browser tracking prevention, counts drop or are estimated. Some platforms fall back to heuristics or modeling, but those are not exact reconstructions of real people. (matomo.org)

Quick, actionable checks you can run now: compare your client‑side reports with server logs to see how many requests are missing; confirm the tracking tag fires once on every page (no duplicate tags); exclude internal IPs and obvious bot traffic; verify cookie domain/settings; and, where you control login flows, implement a login‑based User‑ID to dedupe across devices (but never send PII into analytics). Also note a common reporting pitfall: summing daily “uniques” will overcount—use the tool’s users for the whole date range rather than adding per‑day uniques. (developers.google.com)

Bottom line: “unique visitors” is an estimate shaped by cookies, device IDs, user auth, and browser privacy controls. Treat it as a directional metric (trends, growth, channels) and pair it with engagement and conversion metrics. If you need high cross‑device accuracy, invest in authenticated User‑ID tracking plus careful server‑side collection and consent handling. ()

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Member Avatar for trishia

Every day I have got louts of visitors in my website but now I am quit confused about how I decide that those visitors are unique or not..? Suggest me!!!

Create a google analytics and put the codes on your website, this way, you can track every visits, whether its new visits or unique ones.

Member Avatar for mukeshsoftona

i think you used Google analytic for checking unique visitor.

Member Avatar for dofdiamond

Google Analytic is nice , Join Statcounter and add code in your web page, then you check daily unique visitor status, path , how long in you site etc more about visitor.

Member Avatar for makemoney10

google Analytic very best tool for checking unique and direct and reff visitor.

Member Avatar for hotelsindubai

Google Analytic is the best tool for visitor checking.

Member Avatar for sharma.gaurav

Google is the best and easy to for those who is new to the online field, Analytics track unique or old visitor's of days, per weak and more.

Member Avatar for logoonlinepros

Search engine is the only way to get unique visitors to your site.

Member Avatar for seoshub

Create go ogle analytic account it will show your websites unique visitors.

commented: yawn - did you read the thread before posting EXACTLY THE SAME THING AS EVERYONE ELSE? -3
Member Avatar for benettonchris

Google Analytics is the best tool to track your visitors. You will come to know about your unique visitors from here.

Member Avatar for sslrenewals

You can check that in Google Analytics. you will get full report of unique and returning visitors from there.

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