--- Stephen Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, David Nicholson wrote: > > > My webhost uses Ananlog 5.22 > > Two separate issues: > > > > 1) I've noticed the following changes in my > webstats > > the past three days: > > > > Monday Average successful requests for pages per > day: > > 871 (470) > > Tuesday Average successful requests for pages per > day: > > 882 (442) > > Wednesday Average successful requests for pages > per > > day: 892 (412) > > > > How could the overall daily average be increasing > > while the trend for the rolling daily average for > the > > most recent seven days has been downward AND lower > > than the overall average over the past few days? I > > checked the FAQ and help archives to no avail. Am > I > > misreading the results or is this an error? > > > > It can happen. The rolling average will decrease if > this week's number is > lower than last week's corresponding number (which > has just rolled out). > This week's number could still be higher than the > long-run average, which > will pull the long-run average up. > > In your example, maybe Wednesday's figure was 900, > but last Wednesday's > figure was 1000. > > But the best thing to do is to turn on the Daily > Report. Then you will see > the exact number for each day, and you'll be able to > work out where the > averages are coming from.
Hmmm...I guess that is possible that a massive spike in visitation could cause these quirky results. > > > 2) My understanding from reading FAQ about Analog > is > > that the number of page requests is suppossed to > equal > > just that, the number of times a page is > requested. > > What troubles me is that I know one of my pages > has > > been viewed only 53 times, since I get an email > every > > time it's viewed (the page is related to > submitting an > > info request to us). However Analog reports 577 > > requests for that page. Why the order of magnitude > in > > difference? Does page requests actually relate to > the > > number of times files are requested from a given > page > > rather than the number of times the page itself is > > requested? > > > > If you're looking in the Request Report, it's the > number of times the page > itself is requested. > > Are you sure the mail is triggered every time it's > viewed? For example, if > it's a form, the mail might only be triggered when > the form is POSTed, not > on an initial GET for the same page. > > Anyway, the thing to do here is to look in the raw > logfiles. Analog only > reports what's in there. I'm sure you'll find 577 > requests for the page in > there. Yep, I'm looking at the request report. I can ask my webdesigner and my webhost for the exact setup but my understanding is that the page in question will only come up after something has been submitted - it's a "Thanks for submitting info" page! 577 vs 53 seems to be a cause for concern. Something is amiss. Thanks for your help. > -- > Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ > "The question of whether a computer can think is no > more interesting than > the question of whether a submarine can swim." > (Edsger W. Dijkstra) > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: > | > http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html > | > | Digest version: > http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ > | Usenet version: > news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general > | List archives: > http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +------------------------------------------------------------------------
