At 10:44 PM 8/15/95, Larry Masinter wrote: >If most server administrators don't care about statistics most of the >time, why burden the proxies with gathering data that most of them >don't want? As was proposed earlier, let those-who-want-usage-data >periodically turn off caching for their documents to get better data. >It takes only a little advanced planning to make sure 'expires' dates >don't exceed date-of-next-usage-survey. I definitely don't agree that most server administrators feel this way. I maintain a CGI-FAQ, and *the* single most FAQ is "how can I put a counter on my page?" Obviously this is anecdotal, but my conclusion is that many people who provide information to the web are *very* interested in exactly how many times their pages are accessed. On a per-page basis, no less, and graphically displayed to every new visitor. Marc Hedlund <hedlund@best.com>Received on Wednesday, 16 August 1995 02:08:09 GMT
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