Visitor Observation Separates ONLINE NOW from ACTIVE NOW
Online Now counts distinct sessions seen within 90 seconds, while Active Now counts distinct visitors active within five minutes.
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LIVE / VISITOR OBSERVATIONS now uses corrected real-time definitions. ONLINE NOW counts distinct sessions that sent a heartbeat within 90 seconds. ACTIVE NOW counts distinct visitors with activity during the last five minutes, rather than adding heartbeat or event rows.
The tracker also excludes the administration area, editor iframe previews, preview mode, localhost, webdriver checks, and requests without valid identifiers. Existing accumulated data remain intact, while countries and recent regions continue to use anonymous, approximate location data.