Visualizing Traffic on the World Wide Web

摘要: World-Wide Web traffic continues to increase at impressive rates. Busy Web servers may get as many as several millions of hits (accesses) in a day. Accesses may originate from all over the world and may result in a" rush hour" that lasts 24-hours per day. Web traffic will continue to increase as more people gain access and new applications (including commercial ones) are emerging.To meet the demands of this ever-increasing traffic, webmasters should design their Web servers in such a way as to disseminate information (and sell or advertise products) effectively and reliably. If a Web server appears too sluggish, clients may easily seek the information they need elsewhere, because competition on the Web is just a mouse-click away. A first step towards effective information dissemination is to understand a Web server's client base, and to reach out to it.