Glossary
Retry amplification
The number of attempts made for each successful result.
A product that gets to a result by retrying several times can look cheap per request and still be expensive per success. On per-GB products, failed attempts consume traffic too.
Related terms
- Success rate
The share of requests that returned a page passing a stated content check. - Cost per success
What you pay to obtain one successful result, whatever the billing unit.
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