| Topic C |
| Counter |
| A web counter is a free computer software program designed to count the number of or number of visitors on particular web page. Counter is an tracker set in a web page in such a way that it automatically incremented when the web page is accessed in a web browser. |
| Does counter provides any additional information ? |
| Yes, there are few companies which for the sake of reliability and convenience of webmasters provide information about the users. They provide you with he information like the most followed , visitor’s computer address, ten recent phrases, graphical statistics which helps the web masters to get the location of their site. |
| Presentation of counter |
| Five different digit fonts are given to web masters to choose their desired digit for their counter. The or the number of visitors are expressed in the form of digital image or text form. Generally images are presented in the variety of fonts or style. |
| Updation of the counter |
| To get the exact number of hits it’s too compulsory to insert date coupled with counter. Date will give us the accurate time duration which will help the web master to get the number of hits in specific time period. Depending on this average statistics of visitors webmasters can modify their web site. |
| Is counter a part of advertisement? |
| No, absolutely not counter is not the part of advertisement. It’s just a set of numeric information bestowed to web masters to take further decision about their web site and its visibility. You won’t see any where the banners or sponsored displayed to advertise particular product or the service in the counter. Counter is fully invisible device so there is no question to put on showing anything. |
| Is counter trustworthy? |
| I don’t think counters are trustworthy because when initially the number is inserted in the web counter, the webmaster can feed any greater number to show the visibility of his site. It could be used as a traffic generator by the web masters. Counter is not today’s practice. |
| Counters are lacking their popularity |
| Webmasters are trying to increase their visibility so they are announcing prizes. Prizes are attracting the by visitors and they are visiting the sites not for their interest but just to win the prizes. Thus web masters are not getting the real scenario of the visitors but the artificial one. |
| Another reason if the counter indicates low digit it gives the that site’s popularity is less that affects on the reputation of the site. That is why most of the web masters drop counter from their website. |
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