>Question: Of server logs from 12 web sites, how many sites had domain
>X in their pool of top 30 clients, when client domains are ranked by
>number of HTTP GET requests?
I was wondering what percentage of the overall requests came from the
top 30 clients ? That is, are the clients coming predominantly from
the top 30 domains, or are they distributed all across the internet
and compromise the long tail that you mentioned ?
It would be really interesting if there were large clumps of users
hooked into the internet through common points, e.g. large ISPs, since
they would all benefit from an infrastructural upgrade at the common
point (e.g. Kimera, a web cache, a protocol translator). It would be
less interesting if aol, netcom, boeing etc. made up only a tiny fraction
of the overall request stream. The number of client hookup points into
the internet determines the overall inertia against structural changes,
and it would be good to know if small amount of change in certain key
points would have pronounced effects.
Gun.