How do I put a counter on the site?
Very often, site owners want to know,how often their site is visited by visitors and how popular it is on the web. For this, today there is a system of electronic counters that record each visit. You can install such a counter both during the development of the site and after the site was launched. You just need to determine the counter and figure out how to put the counter on the site.
Who provides the services
Today, there are many companies thatprovide counters for sites. The most popular among them are Liveinternet.ru, mail.ru and Google. They are most easy and convenient to use.
Types of counters
Among the meters that are most in demand, those that consider:
- number of sessions and visitors to the site;
- pages and directories from which they moved to the site;
- search engines, from which they went to the site;
- search words, by which they came to the site;
- time of site viewing,
- as well as many other types of meters. In addition to these free services, there are also paid services that can give more detailed information on the site.
How to install a counter on a site
Put a visit counter on the site is enougheasily. It is necessary to register your site in the system where you take the counter. Present its name and synonyms, if any, also identify keywords that will describe the resource, and determine who will have access to the statistics that the site will maintain. After successful registration, you can set the counter code on your site. It is important to remember that the code needs to be inserted anywhere in the page within the tag. You can view the counter simply by clicking on it with the mouse.
Errors when installing counters
The first error of webmasters isglut of the site with different types of counters. This can significantly slow down its work, from which most visitors may simply not wait for it to load. Also, the establishment of parallel one type of counters is not a good idea, because each subsequent counter shows 3-5% less visitors than the previous one.
Also a common mistake is that the counters do not install on all pages of the site. So the statistics is not complete and does not reflect the whole picture of what is happening.
Do not install the counter at the bottom of the page,especially when the site is saturated with various video or Flash-applications. So it will not always be able to load, while the visitor will be on the site, and accordingly will not display the whole picture of visits.
