>> -----Original Message----- > >There are several reasons: One important reason I forgot: stats like this wouldn't really be all that useful without something to compare them to. They might be interesting in and of themselves but not useful for planning or mapping trends.
However when you collect several years of worth stats from something like this it becomes much more interesting (at least to me). I've got the logs from the past four (or maybe five years) for this site. The trends visible across them relating to browsers, monitor resolutions, search engine popularity and the like are pretty interesting (again, at least to me). Lastly saving the logs means I've got some great test cases for statistics engines. For example the log file for the last week of December run about 13Gig total. They provide a nice workout for any analysis engine or string parsing routines. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:189284 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
