Can anyone explain what the webstats on TAW mean?

I'm a bit thick when it comes to techie stuff , but I still want to know things. For example, in April up to now, I've had 16,662 hits and 891 total visits. I have heard that hits are files that are opened, and I should be looking for "unique visitors". Does the 891 total visits refer to unique visitors, or total visitors (including people returning?). Or is it something else? It seems like an awful lot! Is there something which shows unique visitors?

Also was amazed to see I've had visitors from 22 countries (this is only my second week with a paid account). In the countries section, what does a hit mean? Is this also files opened? For instance, I had one hit each for Germany, Greece and Indonesia, but 287 for USA. Surely this is not actual number of visitors?

Help, I'm drowning in a sea of graphs and figures I don't understand!!

Hi wendy,

We've discussed this here:
viewtopic.php?t=13&highlight=webalizer

and here's the page on the FAQ explaining the stats:
http://www.theartistsweb.net/otrs/faq.pl?ID=28

Thanks, that should help!