[thelist] non-reportable hits in logs

i'd cut 'em...

*but*... if users are caching the .css and .js, that may be a more accurate
indicator of *individual* users than counting page hits and such...

but i assume your log analyzer already does a good job of this...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Czechowski, Aaron
>
> 	i'm working on the monthly stats, and after having made some changes
> to the site in the past month, I'm now noticing lots of hits for .css and
> .js files.  First of all, I didn't realize that an internal link to a script
> or stylesheet would show on a server log.  Once I was over that revelation,
> I began to wonder whether I should include those hits in the final stats.
> 	The way I report our site usage up the chain here is raw stats
> first, total hits/bytes/visitors, then clear out all the crap: my hits (I
> usually am the top visitor), our LinkBot server, and as many search engines
> as I can find.    Then I do some final stats using the remaining data.
> 	So what do ya'll think?  Should I nix the .css and .js hits?  (I'm
> thinking yes, but am interested in ya'll's opinions, as usual)