A hit counter is a piece of code embedded in a web page which tracks visitors. Hit counters vary in complexity from simple versions which merely tell the web master that someone has visited, to complex ones which track a user’s progress through a website and supply supplemental information, such as where a visitor comes from. Most web pages have hit counters installed, so that the owners can see how popular the site is, and how users are reaching the site. A hit counter can also be used to see how navigable a site is, and to determine which areas of the site are most popular. Most hit counters will tell the web master what the IP address of each visitor is. Using the IP address, the web master can see what part of the world a visitor is coming from, and in some cases may be able to identify which service provider the guest is using. In addition, a hit counter usually supplies information about the site or search which led the visitor to the site. All of this information is available in
A Hit Counter is a little thing you stick on your web page that lets you quickly see how many people are visiting that page. You can put counters on as many pages as you like, so long as you tell the Counter that you’re using multiple pages (so that it can keep separate statistics for each page). The Counter displays, right on your page, the number of visitors who’ve visited your site since you installed the Counter. You can also reset the Counter totals for any given page. If you have a look over at the left hand side of the page, you should see a counter on the navigation bar.
A Hit Counter is a useful tool (very customizable and easy to use), which keeps a count of how many visitors your page attracted. The counter can be displayed (in many different colors/shapes/sizes, so that it nicely fits into your site) or it can be completely invisible so that only you will know the current count.