Q: Which counter is better? The kind that shows just a graphic, or the kind that shows the surfer how many people have visited my site?

A: The best kind of counter is one that provides accurate and extensive statistics for your web page.

There’s so much more to a good site counter than the ability to tabulate hits. A good counter is a tool. It should tell you how many of your surfers are new and how many are returning visitors. It should tell you what countries your traffic comes from and what links they followed to get to your web. A good counter will show you what times of the day you receive your surfers and whether or not they’ve bookmarked your page. A good counter should tell you if you’ve been picked up by search engines. A good counter will show you the pages, images and banners that work the best. A good page counter is so much more than a virtual adding machine.