Web Site Counters |
Sites worth trying |
What are counters and trackers? |
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Aaddzz offer free counters in numerous styles and limited visitor information can also be obtained. Better Counter looks complicated to set up but appears to offer the facility to count all the pages on a site. eXTReMe Tracking provides a particularly comprehensive tracking statistics such as exactly where visitors came from and their source (search engines, websites, email links etc). LinkExchange Fastcounter is in my opinion the best free counter available. I use it on the vast majority of my sites. Pagecount offers a detailed statistical breakdowns and a free guestbook along with their free counter but the effect is somewhat marred by the large banner ad.. WebSideStory combines a counter with web promotion via the WebSideStory's Top 1000 scheme. This appears to be a very widely used service. |
A counter as its name implies displays the number of visitors to a site - well in theory it does because not every visit is logged. A page reloaded from a cache is not recorded as a separate visit because the server where the counter lives has not had to resupply the number. Some counters supply a small amount of extra information such as the number of visits per 24hrs but a tracker can supply quite a lot of extra statistical information - not all of which I find useful. |