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Chapter 8: Types of Web Sites: Data Analysis Software

There are several types of websites discussed: 1) Development sites are used by companies to test web designs with little investment and reside on existing PCs and LANs. 2) Intranets contain internal corporate documents for employee access. 3) Extranets allow authorized external parties like suppliers access to parts of the internal information. 4) Transaction sites process commerce 24/7 and require spare servers and efficient software to handle periodic high traffic volumes. 5) Content sites quickly deliver news and information 24/7 to visitors and also require high performance hardware and search capabilities.

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Chapter 8: Types of Web Sites: Data Analysis Software

There are several types of websites discussed: 1) Development sites are used by companies to test web designs with little investment and reside on existing PCs and LANs. 2) Intranets contain internal corporate documents for employee access. 3) Extranets allow authorized external parties like suppliers access to parts of the internal information. 4) Transaction sites process commerce 24/7 and require spare servers and efficient software to handle periodic high traffic volumes. 5) Content sites quickly deliver news and information 24/7 to visitors and also require high performance hardware and search capabilities.

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Chapter 8: Types of Web Sites

Development sites: Simple sites that companies use to evaluate different Web
designs with little initial investment. A development site can reside on an existing
PC running Web server software. Multiple testers access the site through
their client computers on an existing LAN.
Intranets: Corporate networks that house internal memos, corporate policy
handbooks, expense account worksheets, budgets, newsletters, and a variety
of other corporate documents.
Extranets: Intranets that allow certain authorized parties outside the company
(such as suppliers or strategic partners) to access certain parts of the
information stored in the system.
Transaction-processing sites: Commerce sites such as business-to-business
and business-to-consumer electronic commerce sites that must be available
24 hours a day, seven days a week. These sites must have spare server computers
for handling high traffic volumes that occur periodically. In addition to
requiring fast and reliable hardware, transaction-processing sites must runWeb
and commerce software that is efficient and easily upgraded when site traffic
increases.
Content-delivery sites: Sites that deliver content such as news, histories, summaries,
and other digital information. Visitors must be able to locate articles
quickly with a fast and precise search engine. The content must be presented
rapidly on the visitor’s screen. In general, these sites must be available
24 hours a day, seven days a week, just like transaction-processing sites.
Hardware requirements for content sites are also similar to those of
transaction-processing commerce sites.

Data Analysis Software


Web servers can capture visitor information, including data about who is visiting a Web site
(the visitor’s URL), how long the visitor’s Web browser viewed the site, the date and time
of each visit, and which pages the visitor viewed. This data is placed into a Web log file. As
you can imagine, the file grows very quickly—especially for popular sites with thousands
of visitors each day. Careful analysis of the log file can be fruitful and reveal many interesting
facts about site visitors and their preferences. To make sense of a log file, you must run
third-party Web log file analysis programs. These programs summarize log file information
by querying the log file and either returning gross summary information, or accumulating
details that reveal how many visitors came to the site per day, hour, or minute, or
which hours of the day were peak loading times. Popular Web log file analysis programs
include products by Analog, Keylime Software, UrchinWeb Analytics,Web Side Story,
and WebTrends.

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