So online advertisers that are counting impressions and unique viewers are just
making the numbers up?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Nottingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 20:05
Subject: Re: Site hit rates and AOL
>
> 'hit rates' are not defined by HTTP; proxies, caching and so on are.
> I'd characterize trying to derive hit rates as 'goofing around' more
> than the use of mechanisms designed into the protocol...
>
> See:
> http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/webstats/
>
> (in other words, you haven't chosen a very sympathetic audience)
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 02:28:34PM +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there have been any changes in AOL's network
> > these past two months or so that would have an impact on hit rates
> > logged for Web sites outside their network? I know I've had to
> > tweak journal analysis programs and sites in the past in order to
> > get more accurate hit rates from AOL, but I've seen an abrupt drop
> > in rates recently that I cannot immediately explain.
> >
> > Also, if there is a resource somewhere that summarizes all the ways
> > that various ISPs goof around in ways that can cause hit rates to
> > be less than representative, I'd appreciate a pointer. I've mostly
> > made modifications empirically up to thise point (to account for
> > proxies, caching, and so on, where possible). AOL seems to be the
> > single largest offender.
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Mark Nottingham, Research Scientist
> Akamai Technologies (San Mateo, CA USA)
>
>
