At 4:23 PM 9/17/95, Uri Bruck wrote: >---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- >Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >Poster: Uri Bruck <[log in to unmask]> >Organization: ACTCOM - Internet Services in Israel >Subject: Re: WWW and attendance >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >One thing we should all be wary of are all those providers who promise to >tell us the number of 'hits' a web page gets. >The numbers only indicate how many times a document was ordered from the >server, but once the document has been to the end-user the server no longer >has any information on how the page is used, how long is it being viewed, or >even the speed of the connection the user has. >There is also no way of knowing how many of those came from the same person. >If we make the mistake of trusting the number of 'hits' we'll get a warped >picture of many people visiting on-line, only a small number of which are >actually coming to the museum. > >The point is - the number of hits per page is not a reliable indicator. I couldn't agree more! The number of hits is only the number of files being transferred. I would still like to find an effective way to get a handle on the visitor experience beyond the nice notes I get several times a week. --john chadwick =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= John Chadwick | New Phone numbers system analyst | starting 10-1-95: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science | 1801 Mountain Road NW | Museum: 841-2800 Albuquerque, NM 87104 | Direct: 841-2843 [log in to unmask] | FAX: 841-2866 phone: (505) 841-8837 FAX (505) 841-8866 | http://www.aps.edu/HTMLPages/NMMNH.html | Area Code is 505! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=