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The graphs below show the number of requests for pages from the PharmWeb Manchester servers and also the 'hit' rate. The page downloads do not include image downloads (jpegs and gifs), which can greatly inflate access statistics. Many Web sites quote access statistics in the form of "number of hits" which usually represents total file downloads. This can result in misleading statistics, particularly if pages contain several images. For example, if a Web page contains 12 images, then one page request will usually count as 13 hits since 13 files will be downloaded (1 page of text and 12 images). This "Access Statistics" page therefore represents one page download, however, it also could be counted as 8 hits! PharmWeb is not a graphic intensive site, however, as can be seen when we report 'hits', we can vastly inflate our statistics!
The statistics shown on this page are for the Manchester servers only and do not include statistics for access to the PharmWeb mirror sites. PharmWeb was launched in December 1994 with mirror sites becoming available in February 1995. If one considers that there are three mirror sites in North America and that this part of the world has the greatest number of Internet users, then the worldwide access statistics of PharmWeb may well be an order of magnitude greater than those of the Manchester servers.
Countries that have accessed the Manchester PharmWeb servers