A web counter is a script called from your web page but running on a web server that collects data about your visitors. Most web counters are CGI scripts or Perl scripts and can collect more than just a count of how many visitors your web site received.

If you have a good web hosting provider, you don't need web counters. Your web host should already collect data on your visitors, without you having to put code on each one of your web pages. They should also provide you with a web based analyser for your web site stats and allow you to download the raw stats for further analysis on your own computer.

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