Post Views

Hi,

Running the latest update of Newspaper on WordPress Multisite.

We are having difficulty understanding why our “views” are so far off what Google Analytics and Adsense are reporting. For instance, an article showing 220 views according to our theme is actually showing only about 80 in Google Analytics. Example: http://lastwordonfootball.com/2016/09/27/leicester-city-vs-porto-champions-league-match-preview/

This problem persists on all 16 sites we have currently set up.

1. How are these “views” calculated?
2. Where do we go to check settings? Does it not run on the Google analytics code we installed in the Dahsboard — Newspaper — Theme Panel settings?
3. What can be the reason for the error?

Any advice is helpful.

Thanks

The “views” counter is a simple “hit counter” and has no relationship to Google Analytics.

You should use server side stats package to see “true reporting” of your visitors data.

Hi guys,

@lastwordonsports, the “views” counter works pretty pretty well with human traffic so the problem is not there.
Some tip: you have to log in into GA / all data website / view settings / and check the “Exclude all hits from known bots and spiders” and save the settings.

Hello all, I’ve the same problem. 2583 Newspaper vs 685 page views with Analitycs.

How we need to consider that infos?

I understand that Newspaper counter is different from Google analytics . But if your counter goes down sometimes is impossible to understand. it is 91 and every 3 o 4 o 5 hits it is 89. THAT MEANS SOMETHING IS WRONG

Try using ajax caching option, or not, depending on your setup.

Again – it’s a simple “hit counter” which writes a number to the post meta, which you can *see* on the actual post and is called as a function on page load. So, when the page is loaded, it increments by “1” to that data field which you can see in the custom fields bottom of post edit page. If you have some type of caching going on, and it goes down, it’s an issue with your caching setup where page is viewing older version of the counter/post meta field than the current version. So only you can adjust your caching setup.

Difference between GA and hit counter is that GA doesn’t count bot views in the normal traffic, while the hit counter might, depending on how your system happens to work on the server side in viewing http/https requests.

I have been using the hit counter for three years with these themes with zero problems.

Also keep in mind that these kinds of counters are primarily for vanity purposes; actual tracking metrics should be done on the server side with reports included with your hosting plan, or using GA. The hit counter does nothing more than increment a page load and has no other ability or value.

Just some feedback.

How can i Try using ajax caching option?

I have inserted in the head a pixel of FACEBOOK . could it be the reason t the hits goes down instead goes up sometimes.