That falls in the category of "absurd yet flaccid". He checks to see if there was a response. If there is, he counts it as "up" even of the response is an error page or "we're down". It's a good way to sell some ad impressions, I suppose. The million dollar home page beat everyone. <a href="http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/" target="_blank">http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/</a> <!--Beg_Sig-->