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		almostnormal on Nov 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using a date-modified header to detect unique visi... "Counting unique visitors"? They are counting repeated requests. The unique count then is "total requests" minus "repeated requests". Wouldn't it be easiser to count the number of times a cached resource is accessed?

BeefWellington on Nov 30, 2022 [–]

Time of last access + a counter of your visits once your hits reach N>2 is probably enough to separate an individual from the crowd here, unless your site is tremendously busy.

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