Difference Page Request
Notes:
- There is definitely a gap between what people think is logged versus that they think
ought to be logged for each page requested on the WWW (see:
What Information
Ought To Be Collected Per Page Request for more information). The below graph
illustrates where these differences occur and to what extent. There is rough agreement
and knowledge that the requested page and time of the request are logged. However, when
it comes to the ability to uniquely identify users across sessions (difference 36.93%)
and the machine name issuing the request (difference 49.38%), users differ greatly with
in what they'd want to be logged and what is common practice. The ability to record a
user's email address (difference 37.37%) per page request also showed a great difference,
but unlike the others, this is not possible in the straight-forward implementation of the
HTTP 1.0 and 1.1 protocol. This reveals a common misconception amongst Web users, possibly
attributed to earlier faulty security implementation by Netscape of Java and Javascript.
For more information or to submit comments:
send e-mail to www-survey@cc.gatech.edu.
GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280