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I'm as skeptical as others here but they do define a visit... "A visit is defined simply as a successful page view that has an HTTP referer that doesn’t match

I'm as skeptical as others here but they do define a visit... "A visit is defined simply as a successful page view that has an HTTP referer that doesn’t match the hostname of the request. This tells you how many times people came to your website and clicked around before navigating away, but doesn’t require tracking individuals."

Reelin 6y ago
> and clicked around before navigating away You can't get that part without using either the IP or a fingerprinting method. (For what it's worth, I don't mind IP based analysis so long as the data isn't shared with third parties. I also don't consider IP analysis to be "fingerprinting" since it seems analogous to a name to me. I was just calling out what seemed to be an obvious error in the post.)