Re: Estimating Users

From: Alex Rousskov (rousskov@measurement-factory.com)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 21:20:38 MST


On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Joe Cooper wrote:

> What exactly is a "semi-human" surfer, Alex?

I meant things like cell phones prefetching advertisements or scripts
checking for stock price changes. In other words, activities that are
done by/with semi-explicit human authorization or knowledge. Non-human
surfers will include things like your next refrigerator checking with
the manufacturer Web site whether it is time to upgrade the ice-making
software. Some people believe that this kind of traffic will dominate
the Internet in a foreseeable future.

Alex.



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