Apr
27
2007
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SEO Tip: Quick and Dirty Access Log Fun: What Do I Need to Optimize First?

Well, you haven't seen me a lot around here because I've been up to my elbows in code over on Needcoffee. I've been trying to optimize the site while fighting with WP-Cache, which I can't live without due to my traffic, but which also kills me if I try to update the site while it's turned on. I'm still trying to figure out that silly shit.

Anyway, now that I've finally gotten a bunch of superfluous ne'er-do-wells gone from my access.log file, I can finally look at it and see what's happening moment by moment to try and address the problem. One thing I wanted to see, though, is what is really taxing the memory of my server space.

Trouble is, the access.log I get from Dreamhost (which I can only assume is the same sort you get from where you are) looks like this:

x.x.x.x - - [26/Apr/2007:00:36:50 -0700] "GET /wp-content/plugins/podpress/podpress_js.php HTTP/1.1" 200 2311 "http://www.needcoffee.com/2006/03/08/power-rangers-dino-thunder-vol-3-dvd-review/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3"

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