Are asynchronous ajax calls counted for unique pageviews?
I am implementing a slideshow. I have two options for swapping between images: 1) implement a javascript page reload that definitely takes into account the unique page view. 2) implement ajax light box control which i am not sure is unique pageview for each image.
I need more information for the second scenario.
How your ajax request is interpreted by your stats depends on your web server configuration and / or script stats.
The Ajax call is just an HTTP request, so you can count it or not, depending on the original IP of the request and possibly the user agent (for an IP behind NAT)
How do you count pageviews? For example, Google Analytics counts pageviews via JavaScript, so if you don't retrieve and interpret (render in your browser) JavaScript JavaScript, the download is not counted.