It seems that every other web site we visit has some sort of hit counter on the main page, supposedly telling us how many people have been there before us. This week we’re going to address this popular trend, explain why you don’t need one, and what you should be doing instead. Most Internet marketers [...]
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It’s a Hit! Gauging Success through Traffic Analysis
June 23rd, 2010 
One of the most important aspects of Website management is traffic analysis. If you don’t know where your visitors are coming from and in what numbers you can’t effectively promote your site, or gauge the effects of any current promotion efforts. Checking the stats for your site(s) should be a daily activity, and if you’re [...]
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Tags: Analysis, Gauging, Success, through, Traffic, Traffic Analysis 
No Comments »Manipulate the User Agent for Accurate Site Stats
June 23rd, 2009 If you implement any sort of hit monitoring or tracking on your Website, you probably don’t want to include any of your own hits. I check each of my sites on a daily basis to ensure they’re all up and running and that no weird errors have occurred. However, this seriously skews the site tracking [...]
