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I've started using statcounter too, and seem to like it better than sitemeter so far. I do like the raw display of data in a simple and easy to read format also. But I have to wait a while before I can definitely say statcounter is better than sitemeter.

xavodim.com

I've just registered a statcounter account and pasted the code to my web pages. Traffic analysis loooks pretty cool.

zoe.nuper.com

What file did you edit to allow statcounter to show?

How you install the statcounter code depends on how your web site is set up. If you are editing regular html pages then you can put the code anywhere between the body tags, maybe just before the final </body> tag. You would have to edit every html file on your site that you wanted tracked by statcounter.

I use the drupal content management system on my site: all data is stored in a database rather than discrete files. I defined a block and put the code in there. The block is shown on the right side of every page, it is called 'Stuff'. The statcounter code displays the statcounter graphic.

This is where content management systems are better than static html files, the content management system takes care of the boilerplate stuff, adding the same things to every page automatically.

Peter

I've used both Google Analytics and Statcounter over the years. Here's a couple things I've learned...

1) You can have google analytics in the footer of your page. I prefer it here and the Google Analytics module helps you with this. Plus, it can have certain roles where it doesn't count them. So, my stats don't include my visits... I like this.

2) For most of the ways your average person uses them there is no difference. We are interested in page counts, visitors counts, and other basic metrics like this.

Just a few things from my experiences.