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Old 10-28-2011, 09:53 AM   #1
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Can anyone shed some light on this?

I have a new website about a couple months old and a Facebook fan page about a month old. Every day I post a link to my website on Facebook to get traffic.

Here's the thing: At this time, I'm getting about 100 impressions per post on my Facebook page which means that visitors are clicking the link to my website but on Google Analytics it shows up as only one visitor if it shows up at all. The AWstats on my hostgator account also more or less matches up with the number of visitors of Google Analytics.

Are the multiple clicks from my FB page counting as only one visitor?

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Old 10-28-2011, 10:01 AM   #2
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Impressions on facebook does NOT mean clicks on your website. If several people share your post but no one clicks on the link, then that would give you impressions on facebook but no clicks on your link.

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Impressions are just where your post or page or ad was shown-not clicked

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Impressions on facebook does NOT mean clicks on your website. If several people share your post but no one clicks on the link, then that would give you impressions on facebook but no clicks on your link.
Thank you, I stand corrected. So impressions are similar to Adsense impressions in the sense that when the page loads, that is when FB sees it as an impression? Why are there more impressions for new posts even though no comments or sharing or likes have taken place for new or old?

I'm not challenging any answer given to me, I'm just trying to understand. I appreciate any feedback given.

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I'm sorry, I mixed up a reply to topkat instead of Mark company.

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