Understanding Analytics: When Is a Page View Not a Page View?

This post clarifies Cloudflare's approach to analytics, differentiating its raw log-based hit and bandwidth tracking from beacon-based page view tracking (like Google Analytics). It explains the challenges of defining 'page views' in the context of modern AJAX-driven websites and highlights that Cloudflare's metrics provide a more accurate picture of server load and resource consumption, while acknowledging that beacon-based services are better suited for ad impression tracking.