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Hit Counter - Is one really that important?
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Regular_John
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NO
don't do it, if you need to know the numbers look at your server logs.
Both of these practices (entry pages & hit counters) are very, very 1996
don't do it, if you need to know the numbers look at your server logs.
Both of these practices (entry pages & hit counters) are very, very 1996
bootedbear
macrumors 6502
mnkeybsness
macrumors 68030
Google Analytics is a much better and more comprehensive way to understand your visitors.
Hit counters are more of a novelty and usually only used by people who can't afford (though Google Analytics is free!) quality stats software or else used by those who have no idea what they are doing and just want to easily see how many times a page has been viewed.
Hit counters are more of a novelty and usually only used by people who can't afford (though Google Analytics is free!) quality stats software or else used by those who have no idea what they are doing and just want to easily see how many times a page has been viewed.
wordmunger
macrumors 603
A lot of blogs (including Cognitive Daily) use SiteMeter. It doesn't put a hit counter on the blog itself unless you want to, just an unobtrusive icon. It's a good way to get a sense of how popular a blog is, but it doesn't seem so much like "bragging" (or so pathetic, depending on how much traffic you get).
If you've got a reasonably popular site (more than 100 visits/day), it's not a bad idea to do something like that, to give new visitors a sense that your site gets a decent amount of traffic.
If you've got a reasonably popular site (more than 100 visits/day), it's not a bad idea to do something like that, to give new visitors a sense that your site gets a decent amount of traffic.
thejadedmonkey
macrumors G3
On all the sites I design, I put a hit counter on the index page, but make it invisable, and then on an admin page I have it display the count.
Admin only, and mostly accurate. It gets the job done with a nice WYSISYG interface.
Admin only, and mostly accurate. It gets the job done with a nice WYSISYG interface.
Regular_John
macrumors 68040
bootedbear said:
If only the Blink tag still worked! I think Firefox still supports it actually hehe
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A hit counter is so 1990's 😀
I would recommend using Mint and installing numerous Peppers to track your visitors. Much nicer than a plain ol' hit counter and without Google looking over your shoulder 😀 Plus it comes with a Dashboard widget which is really cool.
PS - When you see "Update Available" in the widget, that was my idea 😀
PPS - Before Mint was Reinvigorate.net which was AWESOME. Unfortunately it was whisked away by the Web Phantom.
I would recommend using Mint and installing numerous Peppers to track your visitors. Much nicer than a plain ol' hit counter and without Google looking over your shoulder 😀 Plus it comes with a Dashboard widget which is really cool.
PS - When you see "Update Available" in the widget, that was my idea 😀
PPS - Before Mint was Reinvigorate.net which was AWESOME. Unfortunately it was whisked away by the Web Phantom.
mnkeybsness
macrumors 68030
Dafke said:
No, but you can invite yourself to Google Analytics. At the moment, they are very backed up and I doubt that invitations are being sent out very quickly.