Impact to Web Stats & Browser Cache
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Perhaps a dumb question, but am I correct in assuming Force Refresh will impact the accuracy of web statistics as it will increase the number of page loads?
Also, does it negate the function of browser caching plugins?
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Hey @rene-michaels,
Initiating a refresh would have the same impact on your analytics as if an end-user manually refreshed their website. Since many analytics can be configured to keep track of sessions, there’s no single answer that’s specific to Force Refresh. If a visitor manually refreshes their browser and your analytics setup registers that as two visits, then the same will happen when initiating a refresh.
On the second question, if you’re referring to native browser cacheing features (i.e., static assets) no, this plugin does not affect those. This plugin imitates a user manually refreshing their browser which will not, under normal circumstances, re-retrieve locally cached static assets. The only circumstances it would re-retrieve those would be if the cache control headers on your assets required re-retrieving, but that’s outside of the scope of this plugin.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
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