My site is new and it's first time i am using Google Analytics. I noticed that it counts number of pages view and records as  number of visitors. For example: when 1 visitor looking at 5 pages  it count as 5 visitors (all from the same location) with 1 pageview each. I see it in realtime and the next day it's exactly that reported in daily report. I dont have many visitors yet and that's why it's easy for me to see them individually in real time.  So i end up with more visitors than reality but the bounce rate is very high too, almost 100%.
Is this a normal way of counting or there is a problem with my account? i cant find answer in Google forum, there are more questions than answers over there, couldn't see how to contact customer service in google either. What is your experience with this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Who do you use for hosting? Most hosting platforms include a fairly robust analytic tool that is much easier to understand than Googly Analytics.

I'm not sure, but I think visits are considered as so many pageviews by the same person within a certain time frame.

So if they are visiting pages REALLY slowly (maybe like 10 minutes between page views) then it might be counting as separate visits.

With buyers like these it'll take a while to cover hosting costs though... 

I'm not sure, but I think visits are considered as so many pageviews by the same person within a certain time frame.

So if they are visiting pages REALLY slowly (maybe like 10 minutes between page views) then it might be counting as separate visits.

That's what i understand too, but here, even if 5 pages are within 1 min, it's considered 5 visitors, i wonder if there is any setting that i overlooked.

It's my understanding that if someone visits your site twice within 20 minutes, that would be counted as 1 unique visitor with 2 visits total.

If they visit your site, leave and come back more than 20 minutes later, that would count as 2 unique visitors with 2 visits.

That's what Google say , in fact it's 5 min in real time and 30 min for daily report. So obviously something wrong with mine. Also, the first page is the correct traffic source, and all the next one from the same visitor are counted as "direct", so my data are totally useless. The thing is they dont even have an option to contact and ask for a fix.

I have a Photoshelter account too and Google analytics seems inconsistent. It has weird jumps and dips. And when I look at Google webmaster traffic the stats are totally different for the same site.