> If it was just about a simple count the host could just `wc -l access.log` That doesn't really work because huge amount of traffic is from 1) bots, 2) prefet

> If it was just about a simple count the host could just `wc -l access.log` That doesn't really work because huge amount of traffic is from 1) bots, 2) prefetches and other things that shouldn't be counted, 3) the same person loading the page 5 times, visiting every page on the site, etc. In short, these numbers will be wildly wrong (and in my experience "how wrong" can also differ quite a bit per site and over time, depending on factors that are not very obvious). What people want is a simple break-down of useful things like which entry pages are used, where people came from (as in: "did my post get on the frontpage of HN?") I don't see how anyone's privacy or anything is violated with that. You can object to that of course. You can also object to people wearing a red shirt or a baseball cap. At some point objections become unreasonable.