BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Traffic
- the number of visitors to a Web site measured in any of several ways, for example, click-throughs, hits, or page views
Wiktionary Definition for: Traffic
- pedestrian Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or passage thereof.
- Ex: ''Traffic is slow at rush hour.''
- commercial Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.
- Ex: ''Seaports often deal with heavy traffic night and day.''
- illegal Illegal trade or exchange of goods, often drugs.
- Exchange or flux of information, messages or data, as in a computer or telephone network.
- intransitive To pass goods and commodity commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.
- intransitive To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
- transitive To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.
Additional Resources
- Yahoo Open Sources Traffic Server, Updates Hadoop
- Yahoo has taken its second major step in five months towards open-source cloud computing by introducing an open source version of Traffic Server, a high performance application server for builders of cloud services.Yahoo has taken its second major step in five months towards open-source cloud computing by introducing an open...
- News items 2009-11-02
- Guest Post: Yahoo's Cloud Team Open Sources Traffic Server
- Today, Yahoo moved its open source cloud computing initiatives up a notch with the donation of its Traffic Server product to the Apache Software Foundatio n . Traffic Server is used in-house at Yahoo to manage its own trafic and it enables session management, authentication, configuration management,...
- News items 2009-11-03
- The bright side of sitting in traffic: Crowdsourcing road congestion data
- This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed. What if you could do a little something to improve the world during your daily drive to work? Here are a few...
- News items 2009-08-25
- Google Maps Now Shows Live Traffic Reports For Back Roads
- The Google Maps team has been on quite the tear this summer, enriching its platform and beefing up location-based services, such as Google Latitude. In just the past two months, the search and Web services giant has offered multiple searches for one search destination session, shown users how to get...
- News items 2009-08-25
- Google Maps adds traffic data from your cell phone
- Traffic on the Bay Bridge (right, with the exclamation point) was light Tuesday morning in San Francisco, but side streets were backing up, as shown by Google Maps' new traffic feature.(Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)Say goodbye to your favorite shortcuts.Google Maps is adding traffic data for side streets this week,...
- News items 2009-08-25
- Apple iPhone eats up 50% share of all mobile data traffic globally
- By Prince McLeanPublished: 12:20 PM EST Related AppleInsider articles:Samsung Bada unveiled as new iPhone, Android...Apple's iPhone OS takes 40 percent of Web...Canalys: iPhone outsold all Windows Mobile...Apple leads international smartphone market...iPhone behind only Nokia and RIM in global...Apple's slice of mobile data traffic has grown to now exceed 50% share...
- News items 2009-11-23
- Thanksgiving and Black Friday Seasonal Traffic Patterns
- When you start hearing about doorbuster sales and stores opening at 5 am, it can mean only one thing – Thanksgiving and Black Friday are almost upon us again! Retailers started to promote pre-Black Friday sales as early as late October and have been running sales for much of the...
- News items 2009-11-24
- Traffic.com Offers Mobile Traffic Service
- Wireless News 06-30-2005 Traffic.com Offers Mobile Traffic Service WIRELESS NEWS-June 30, 2005-Traffic.com Offers Mobile Traffic Service C2005 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Traffic.com, a provider of traffic data collection and reporting, has introduced MyTraffic, a new, online personalized...
- Research articles 2005-06-30
- Should Online Journalists Bear Responsibility for Their Traffic?
- As many of you know, this is Advertising Week in New York City, a non-stop, wall-to-wall extravaganza of advertising and media industry navel-gazing -- which found me, late this morning, at a panel titled "Traditional Journalism in the Digital World." Sponsored by AOL, it featured three journalists at AOL properties,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Traffic.com® Jam Factor Predictive Trending Gives Commuters a Look Ahead at Traffic along Their Driving Routes; Other Web Site Enhancements Include On-Demand Voice Services, Personalized RSS Feed, and Expanded Geographic Coverage
- WAYNE, Pa. -- Traffic.com, Inc., a leading provider of accurate, real-time traffic information in the United States, announces the next release of its Web site, www.traffic.com, featuring Jam Factor Predictive Trending that combines Traffic.com's real-time data collection, complex analysis, and advanced technology to indicate improving or worsening traffic congestion. ...
- Research articles 2005-11-09
- Traffic.com Pushes Traffic Services for Holidays
- Wireless News 12-22-2006 Traffic.com Pushes Traffic Services for Holidays WIRELESS NEWS-December 22, 2006-Traffic.com Pushes Traffic Services for Holidays C2006 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Traffic.com, a provider of personalized traffic information for drivers coast-to-coast, is pushing its traffic...
- Research articles 2006-12-22
- Traffic.com® Named Exclusive Traffic Source for WXPN-FM; Partnership Delivers Real-Time Traffic Solutions to Philadelphia Market
- WAYNE, Pa. -- Traffic.com, Inc., the nation's leader in traffic data collection and reporting, announced today that it has been selected as the exclusive traffic provider for WXPN-FM. Through this agreement, Traffic.com will provide real-time digital traffic information featuring travel speeds, travel times, traffic density, and congestion factors to...
- Research articles 2005-08-24
- The Dirty Truths About Web Traffic
- One of the most difficult things when you try to evaluate a website is the lack of reliable metrics. A related problem is determining which metrics really matter. Into this void, many a privately held company exaggerates its traffic, and -- depending which metrics service they choose in their...
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- Traffic.com Rolls out Personal Traffic Solutions for Drivers in 23 U.S. Markets; Finally, Traffic News You Can Really Use
- WAYNE, Pa. -- Traffic.com, the nation's leading expert on traffic data collection and reporting, has introduced MyTrafficTM, a new, online personalized service at www.traffic.com that offers the highest quality, real-time traffic conditions via the Web, cell phone, and PDA. This convenient, everyday solution allows drivers to tailor traffic information...
- Research articles 2005-06-29
- Traffic.com to Spotlight Enhanced Digital and Mobile Real-Time Traffic Solutions at NAB2006
- Wireless News 04-20-2006 Traffic.com to Spotlight Enhanced Digital and Mobile Real-Time Traffic Solutions at NAB2006 WIRELESS NEWS-April 20, 2006-Traffic.com to Spotlight Enhanced Digital and Mobile Real-Time Traffic Solutions at NAB2006 C2006 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Traffic.com, a...
- Research articles 2006-04-20
- Dial 1-866-MY-TRAFC For Free, Real-Time Traffic Reports On-The-Go; Traffic.com's New, Interactive Traffic Hotline Is Now Available To Drivers In 40 Metropolitan Areas In Time For Summer Travel
- WAYNE, Pa. -- Traffic.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRFC), the source for the most accurate, comprehensive, and real-time traffic information in the United States, has launched a free, interactive traffic hotline for drivers - 1-866-MY-TRAFC (1-866-698-7232). Beginning today, drivers in 40 U.S. metropolitan areas can access this one-of-a-kind traffic reporting service when,...
- Research articles 2006-05-24
- Georgia Department of Transportation Signs Traffic.com, Inc. to Expand Network of Digital Traffic Sensors In Atlanta; Atlanta Drivers Can Access this Enhanced, Real-Time, Digital Traffic Information Online or On-The-Go
- WAYNE, Pa. -- Traffic.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRFC), the source for the most accurate, comprehensive, and real-time traffic information in the United States, signed an agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation GDOT that provides for the expansion of digital roadside traffic sensors along Atlanta-area expressways. Traffic.com will use the data...
- Research articles 2006-06-13
- Ohio Department of Transportation Signs Traffic.com to Provide Traffic Data Services
- Company Will Install Digital Roadside Traffic Sensors in Cincinnati and Columbus for the Provision of Real-Time Traffic Information WAYNE, Pa. -- Traffic.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRFC), the leading provider of personalized traffic information for drivers coast-to-coast, today announced an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation ODOT that provides for...
- Research articles 2007-02-22
- Cisco: By 2013 Annual IP Traffic Will Be 2/3 of a Zettabyte
- Erick Schonfeld submits: By 2013, annual global IP traffic will reach two-thirds of a zettabyte, according to a new forecast of IP traffic issued by Cisco Tuesday. What is a zettabyte? It is a trillion gigabytes, dummy. I had to look that up too. And that number represents more...
- External links 2009-06-09
- Alexa: Twitter Web Traffic Eclipses CNN & NY Times
- The ratings service Alexa provides one of the best tools available for assessing current traffic trends at websites, and as the chart above indicates, Twitter has now eclipsed both CNN and The New York Times on the web. Note that this does not reflect all the usage on smart phones,...
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
