Question
Chelsea from CA. writes:
"What is a Hit?"

Answer
11/15/99

A hit is a request made to the server. For instance, a request is sent to a server everytime your browser loads an html document or a graphic.

Most people tend to attribue one hit per web page - that is incorrect! Since most HTML documents have more than one graphic, the number of hits per page increases accordingly. In other words, if your web page has 10 graphics then the number of hits you'll get is 11 - one for the web page (HTML document) and 10 for all ten graphics.

Knowing this is extremely important, especially when you are looking for a web host. Why? Because most web hosts, will charge you extra if your site gets too many hits. Let's explain this further.

Let's say that the web host you signed up with allows you to have 1 gig of data transfer per month. If your site (which by the way has tons of graphics) gets too many hits (the same as the server getting too many requests), you'll easily use up that 1 gig you were allowed to use plus more, therefore, your web host will charge you extra for what ever resources you used above that 1 gig. What's the solution to this problem? Get a web host that offers Unlimited Hits!

Remember, getting a lot of hits is always a good thing.  ;-)