A client's site is using up too much bandwidth. I have only a rudimentary knowledge of bandwidth.  when I view the report, I am confused by the stats for the page "/linkclick.aspx", which is by far the largest user of bandwidth. Since this not an actual "page" can someone clarify for me what this means and how to reduce it?  thanks!

 

 

Rank Page Page Views       Visits            Bandwidth (KB)

1 /                     1,650           1,292               43,082

2 /keepalive.aspx    1,062    448                567

3 /desktopmodules/ simplegallery/ slideshowpopup.aspx 809           157           3,181

4 /productsservices/ tabid/ 58/             572               473                 24,157

5 /linkclick.aspx             559            417              1,522,367

6 /abouttmg/ tabid/ 56/                 510            393             19,249

7 /news/ tabid/ 66/            428           262             14,519

8 /contact/ tabid/ 59/            358            274              12,752

9 /facility/ tabid/ 57/           319             274             8,699

10 /home/ tabid/ 38/         240           192              7,435

Other Items (87) 1,686 47,072

Total(s) 8,193 1,703,081

Average(s) 84 17,558

 How or what did you do to get the above stats?

Hi. Actually I get those stats through my site''s hosting account's Helm (Control Panel). Smarter Stats. Although Google Analytics can provide comparable data.

To the bandwidth issue, I think I may have found something: many of the links in the text modules (like "read more" text/HTML links) used the temp URL that was in place during the site build. This domain alias had been removed from the site settings though.
Do you think that might cause the excessive bandwidth use by linkclick.aspx?
I will be monitoring the bandwidth usage over the next few days to see if updating the links has made a difference.
Thanks Sebastien - I appreciate your expertise weighing in on this issue.