iis - Logging requests on high traffic websites -

I wonder how many traffic websites handle traffic logging, for example, a website like myspace.com has a lot of hits I can imagine, I can imagine that all those requests will take a lot of space to log, so, do they log every single request or how do they handle it?

If you see the source on the MySpace page, you get the answer:

  & lt; Script type = "text / javascript" & gt; Var Page Tracker = _gat._getTracker ("UA-6293770-1"); PageTracker._setDomainName ("myspace.com."); PageTracker._setSampleRate ("1"); // Set the sampling rate for 1 percent Trekker.trackpaceview (); & Lt; / Script & gt;  

That script means that they are using Google Analytics.

They can not gauge traffic by using IIS logs because they can sell ads to third parties, and third parties will not take your word for how much traffic you receive, from a different company Want an independent number, and this is where Google Analytics comes.

Just for future reference - whenever you ask a question about how a web site is doing something, try looking at the source. You can get there in plain view but you will be surprised.