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What do those
webalizer headings mean?
Hits
Any request made to the server which
is logged, is considered a 'hit'. The
requests can be for anything... html
pages, graphic images, audio files,
CGI scripts, etc... Each valid line
in the server log is counted as a hit.
This number represents the total number
of requests that were made to the server
during the specified report period.
Files
Some requests made to the server,
require that the server then send something
back to the requesting client, such
as a html page or graphic image. When
this happens, it is considered a 'file'
and the files total is incremented.
The relationship between 'hits' and
'files' can be thought of as 'incoming
requests' and 'outgoing responses'.
Pages
Generally, any HTML document, or anything
that generates an HTML document, would
be considered a page. This does not
include the other stuff that goes into
a page, such as graphic images, audio
clips, etc... What actually constitutes
a 'page' can vary from server to server.
The default action is to treat anything
with the extension '.htm', '.html' or
'.cgi' as a page. A lot of sites will
probably define other extensions, such
as '.phtml', '.php3' and '.pl' as pages
as well. Some people consider this number
as the number of 'pure' hits. Other
people (and programs) refer to this
as 'Pageviews'.
Sites
Each request made to the server comes
from a unique 'site', which can be referenced
by a name or ultimately, an IP address.
The 'sites' number shows how many unique
IP addresses made requests to the server
during the reporting time period. This
DOES NOT mean the number of unique individual
users (real people) that visited, which
is impossible to determine using just
logs and the HTTP protocol (however,
this number might be about as close
as you will get).
Visits
Whenever a request is made to the
server from a given IP address (site),
the amount of time since a previous
request by the address is calculated
(if any). If the time difference is
greater than a pre-configured 'visit
timeout' value (or has never made a
request before), it is considered a
'new visit', and this total is incremented
(both for the site, and the IP address).
The default timeout value is 30 minutes
(can be changed), so if a user visits
your site at 1:00 in the afternoon,
and then returns at 3:00, two visits
would be registered. Note: in the 'Top
Sites' table, the visits total should
be discounted on 'Grouped' records,
and thought of as the "Minimum number
of visits" that came from that grouping
instead. Note: Visits only occur on
PageType requests, that is, for any
request whose URL is one of the 'page'
types defined with the PageType option.
Due to the limitation of the HTTP protocol,
log rotations and other factors, this
number should not be taken as absolutely
accurate, rather, it should be considered
a pretty close "guess".
KBytes
The KBytes (kilobytes) value shows
the amount of data, in KB, that was
sent out by the server during the specified
reporting period. This value is generated
directly from the log file, so it is
up to the web server to produce accurate
numbers. In general, this should be
a fairly accurate representation of
the amount of outgoing traffic the server
had. Note: A kilobyte is 1024 bytes,
not 1000.
Top
Entry and Exit Pages
The Top Entry and Exit tables give
a rough estimate of what URL's are used
to enter your site, and what the last
pages viewed are. Because of limitations
in the HTTP protocol, log rotations,
etc... this number should be considered
a good "rough guess" of the actual numbers,
however will give a good indication
of the overall trend in where users
come into, and exit, your site.
