- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 19:10:48 -0500 (EST)
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- cc: Marti <marti@agassa.com>, WAI GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Yes, it is true that Web browse statistics are at best very misleading. For example, I have some of my lynx copies set to claim theyare netscape, in order not to be denied access to sites. And given the huge prevalence of caching and proxying outside the US (It seems to eb cheap enough there to provide straight-out access, so they don't seem to bother as much) the picture gets distorted even more. Cheers Charles On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Kynn Bartlett wrote: At 11:40 AM 12/19/2000 , Marti wrote: >Geez! I didn't plan to start an argument, the stats were offered for >whatever they are worth .... whatever that is. It's not an argument at all, it's simply a warning -- web stats are very deceptive at first glance and rarely tell you what you think they're telling you. -- Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia until 6 January 2001 at: W3C INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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