```json
{
    "title": "StatCounter Performance Issue",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2006/03/14/statcounter-performance-issue/",
    "datePublished": "2006-03-14",
    "dateModified": "2006-03-14",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "This afternoon, StatCounter showed a marked increase in performance.Normally I wouldn't highlight an issue that only lasted an hour, but this appears to have been a very unusual issue that…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# StatCounter Performance Issue

This afternoon, [StatCounter](http://www.statcounter.com/) showed a marked increase in performance.

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/spierzchala/112543240/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/spierzchala/112543240/)

Normally I wouldn't highlight an issue that only lasted an hour, but this appears to have been a very unusual issue that saw the page size decrease to nearly nothing, and performance shoot up to around 45 seconds. This combination usually indicates a back-end application timeout which then presents users with an error message.

StatCounter is in the GrabPERF [Site Statistics Index](http://www.grabperf.org/homepage.php?page=index&view=hour&msmts=11,170,171,172&index=Site_Statistics).

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