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hit counters
Way back in the early days of the Web (you know, before
AdSense, blog spam, web mail, and dynamic HTML) were these things called hit
counters.
The Wikipedia article says a few things that I'll just quote outright.
On Popularity:
At one time it was common to see a hit counter on every page, but this is no
longer the case for several reasons:
• They have been replaced (or augmented) by more complicated web analytics
methodologies that give the webmaster a better overall picture of site traffic
besides a simple, perpetually increasing number.
• As style elements, they are no longer associated with the impression of
professional web design--some people consider web counters to be a "gimmicky"
feature and they are thus typically found on personal pages created by
individuals.
•The number of visitors to a site may be a trade secret
•Too small a number might indicate the page's lack of popularity. Removing the
counter thus levels the playing field.
On Trust:
Web counters are not necessarily trustworthy. A webmaster could start the
counter at a high number to give the impression that the site is more popular
than it actually is.
Heh. You think?
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