X-Message-Number: 19814 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 04:04:11 -0700 Subject: Counting hits (was Re: CryoNet #19808 - #19813) References: <> From: (Tim Freeman) From: >Steve Bridge suggested that the "hits" shown on web sites might greatly >overstate the actual visits by counting each new internal link touched during >browsing as another hit. That is not the case on the CI web site. I tried it. >Doesn't matter how many pages I look at, the counter only shows one new >visit. Be sure to flush your browser's cache of saved pages and images before repeating the experiment, otherwise (for some browser settings) your browser might not be sending any network packets at all to the web server as you're browsing. -- Tim Freeman GPG public key fingerprint ECDF 46F8 3B80 BB9E 575D 7180 76DF FE00 34B1 5C78 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19814