>> kitz have you checked your traffic levels recently?
Hmm hard to say.. somethings a bit weird but cant quite figure it out.
I have both AWT and webalizer stats running. AWT doesnt record Bot activity.
Webalizer stats look about right for hits, but bandwidth is out of proportion last month (higher), nor does it tie up with page views or site visits.
When I redid the site it was optimised to reduce bandwidth so in theory bandwidth should be less.
AWTstats makes it even more confusing and shows more bandwidth than recorded on Webalizer - which it shouldnt because Webalizer doesnt or shouldnt include bot activity. Although looking at the bots its mostly google/slurp/webarchiver and nothing new in there.
The other problem is that individual and unique visitors has gone up.. but this is normal since the site does seem to grow at a steady rate anyhow.
TBH one of the reasons why I pay a bit over the odds for a higher package than i need is so that I dont need to worry about such things.. and allow for growth. I can remember the days when I was doing the equivalent of clockwatching and hoping and praying that I'd be ok. So I can imagine this would cause a lot of grief to some site owners... so yes it will cause some massive problems
The next stage for the site would be dedicated hosting. When looking around for hosting last time, I was turned down by a couple of hosting companies who said I was too busy for them and would have to pay for their dedicated hosting.
I'm also aware I pay over the odds cause I want UK rather than overseas hosting - but thats my choice because its a UK site... and I hear too many horror stories about lag/delay/routing/service.
Atm I just about manage.. theres times when its been touch and go and a couple people have helped out in the past (they will know who they are).. but dedicated takes would take it to a whole new ball game. Yeah I may have the odd hiccup, but theyre on the end of the phone 24/7 to a real person who knows me and the site requirements.. and tickets normally get answered within 10-15 mins.
But I can imagine anyone on a "normal" package could be bricking themselves.
The site traffic is too much to analyse in depth as per what the guy in the link had done to see where its coming from in detail. Chris wrote me a reader a while ago after raw log files got too big for notepad, but even the reader dies now.
Sorry if I'm ranting, but I do fear for the small independant sites, through the "inconsideration" of some of the large names and corporations. Ive already had a moan
here.
Is is just me or do things in the world seem to be going backwards and everything eventually is going to be dominated by just a few large corporations? I dont mean just the internet/isps etc.. but everything stores/services/utilities etc erc.
