Webfeet Usage

Typical activity is relatively light, with 300 to 400 pages being downloaded per day (having discounted any obvious robots) from http://www.webfeet.org and the earlier http://www.ftech.co.uk/~webfeet/

See plot of Human/Robot access statistics

The numbers...

			Total Pages	Search Engines etc
Webfeet			10477473	4135794
	News		203214	157983
	Search		2970668	1375437
	Speed the Plough		59293	37449
	Schottisches		21859	7895
	Map		1830657	642108
	County		201428	40763
	English Ceilidh		2211910	842406
		Audio	74159	25789
		Bands	922472	356337
		Dates	191124	76911
		Dances	623171	241156
		Tracks	237796	92384
	Contra		94108	41907
	English Folk		400184	145812
		Bands	125128	47715
		Dates	106440	40296
	Cajun		125306	53531
		Bands	27396	11531
		Dates	35360	14542
	French Traditional		102243	34814
	European		156568	69781
		Bands	42800	16954
		Dates	40259	17473
	International		69876	30208
		Dates	30080	13087
	Morris		167828	69080
		Beasts	32482	13771
		TVM	56817	24178
	Festivals		143564	42108

The usage statistics start early March 1995 when the original server switched to keeping Common LogFile Format files. Earlier access information has been lost (the site was launched in August 1994)

The first column of stats above includes both actual and robot access of HTML pages. The last column shows the hits from recognised robots.

The disclaimer...

Don't forget the obligatory disclaimer needed for any Web stats, that these figures can only really be used as an indication. On the one hand it is highly likely that caching servers will serve copies from their cache (and reduce the counts) and on the other hand determined robots can sweep though the complete site in an hour or two (inflating the counts).

For further information check the Cranfield explanation about the inaccuracy of Web hit statistics