A Safe Web page counter??

[Lyne]

I am looking for a non-invasive 3rd party web page counter..

this sounded great till I read the terms!!-
① Hit Counter & Visitor Counter (100% FREE Without Registration) ①

 

[Janet]

I use Google Analytics. I recently looked for one that would show the IP but there was nothing that was free that I could find. Google Analytics does pretty much everything else though.

 

[James R.]

I have used Statcounter for years (2008, I think?).

It's easy to install and it can be invisible if you so choose. It shows the IP of visitors (unless they use a tracker-blocking app of course), and the paths they took through your site. The free version has a log file that is limited to a certain number of entries, but it can still be useful. I don't know if their TOS will be any more palatable though...

Aside from this I use Google analytics and my own server logs... But Statcounter gives a good quick overview.

Hope you find something that works for you.

 

[Jay Versluis]

It depends what type of website you're running. If you're on self-hosted WordPress, then I recommend Jetpack. It contains stats based on Google Analytics, but you don't have to learn what's involved in how to implement it. It shows you a nice graph and related information. It's all free and safe, all you need is a WordPress account (also free and safe). Jetpack comes with a variety of other goodies too. Here's what it looks like in your Dashboard:

 

[James R.]

Can't believe I forgot about Jetpack! The only thing I miss is that it doesn't show IP addresses...though it does have the map function which I find kind of fun.

 

[JOdel]

I've used a free one on my site since 2002. It demands that I post an ad link on every page that uses the counter, but it doesn't do pop-ups, or add images, or anything other than the link that just sits there and people can ignore. There's a button on the home page, and a text link in the footer of all the rest of the pages. The place I found it went by the name of 'Amazing Counters', and I would imagine that it's probably still out there somewhere. They had a nice variety of styles to choose from.

But then, I built my site myself, so I had control of where the link landed and what the part of the page holding it looked like. But a site built from a template could probably do the same.

 

[Lyne]

Well in the meantime I thought to ask a friend to write me a bit of code... if he can, problem solved!

but THANKS for you input, all! I want a single page "hit counter"...since my OLD Front Page 2002's FTP now collides with my host server's new security codes...sigh...

 

[Lyne]

My good friend George (of the beautiful sky sets here) found this SAFE place for my new counter...and he helped customize 'mine'...
https://www.phpjunkyard.com/
so thought I'd share this with you...George has used their work for years.