Hits Counter

[David]

Just want to ask a few things.

"A visible hits counter is a measure of how unpopular your site/forum is". Does anyone else agree with me? What it really is, is a counter that compares you with another site, and so there will always be a site that has higher counts than you, so it measures popularity, but negatively.

And, so if you disagree with me, what does your hits counter say? 100, 1000, 10000?

 

[Watch Me Sink]

I agree completely. Average day for me is around 9,000 hits, 100 uniques.

 

[Garfiun]

I agree a visible hit counter does show your unpopularity, the site also looks neater when there is not one on show.

 

[Justin M]

I always thought they were tacky to begin with, but I never thought of it like that David.

 

[David]

Cool, thanks for the comments.

 

[DirTek]

I agree 🙂

That's why I'm not using visible counters on my forums!

 

[USHost247]

That's reason why I do not use them. 🙂 They are bad looking and give people bad impressions.

 

[dan213]

As others have stated, I am not a fan of hit counters. Always give a clean site a cheap look in my opinion.

 

[David]

Yes, I agree with you distinct.

 

[Dasher]

It's like gloating. "Hey, we have x amount of visits....."

 

[imkingdavid]

I think if you're going to use one and your stats are a bit low, you might as well tweak the number a bit. Like add a couple thousand here and there to make your site look active.

They can be quite handy for statistical purposes for the site owner and some staff, but for general public use, I say no. 😉

 

[Justin]

I never join sites like those, it makes them feel like the gloat all the time...

I never had one and never will. If someone registers on my site,that is a hit to me 🙂

 

[shamzblueworld]

Yea it gives a bad impression at first sight, i am no fan of it.

 

[David]

Thanks for the comments.

 

[Nebulous]

Hit counters are pointless.
Some count by page load instead of unique visitors which is misleading.

 

[cityStatic]

Honestly, I don't register at a site with a hit counter. Hit counters are random and useless. The real important statistic on a forum or the like is the amound of registered members, and then the amount of posts.

 

[Uphoreka]

I don't want people seeing about many viewers the site have.

 

[Dasher]

They can be faked, so I don't lie them anymore. =.=

 

[David]

Thanks for your views, everyone. Anymore?

 

[Fergal]

I'm surprised at the number of people who would not join a forum with a visible hit counter. You learn something new everyday.

Would you feel the same about a site that provides a link to their stats? Some sites do this so that potential advertisers can get an understanding of how much traffic the site is receiving.