Apparatus and methods for identifying traffic patterns to web sites based on templates that characterize the arrival of traffic to the web sites are provided. Based on these templates, determinations are made as to which web sites should be co-located so as to optimize resource allocation. Specifically,...http://www.google.de/patents/US7386611?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7386611 - Apparatus and methods for co-location and offloading of web site traffic based on traffic pattern recognition