What is the hit counter program?

The CCSites.com hit counter program is a web site tracker, monitor and communication tool. We have created and support a hit counter program that counts each visit to a particular web page - any web page that contains the hit counter code. By default, a new visit, return visit or reload causes the counter to increment by 1. We maintain a personal counter file for each user (member). This service is free to all of our members.

The counter program serves several purposes:

• A week-at-a-glance status of your web site activity including daily, accumulative for the week and last seven day totals and averages.
• An internal web site activity monitoring tool. For new web sites or your web site, we can configure the counter to send us a copy of your emailed report when the counter program reports less than a certain number for any day. We are informed that a particular web site may not be listed with the major search engines to our expectations.
• A daily random server reliability checker. The hit counter report is emailed to each member using their domain email address. If an email address is rejected when the counter program sends the email report to a member, an email rejection notification message is sent directly to our technical support department.
• A communication tool for you to easily contact us. You can easily contact us any day by simply replying to the emailed counter report. Our email address is plugged into the "send to" field of your email client when replying to the emailed counter report.
• A communication tool for us to easily inform all members of new services or other relevant information when applicable. We can add a link to the daily report linking to the page containing more details about the new service or important information.

How does the hit counter program work?

Our hit counter program is installed on your home page and updates your hit counter file each time your home page is visited. A visit is defined as a new visit, return visit or reload (refresh) and is counted as a hit. By installing the counter program only on your home page, your counter will report realistic numbers reflecting the number of visitors to your web site opposed to the number of pages visited on your web site.

We have included two brief lines of CGI/Perl code close to the bottom of your home page. The program code connects to our web server to update your counter file and returns the results to your home page to display your total accumulated hits.

The program is configured to generate a report and email the report to the owner each time the counter is incremented and the date has changed. Since the date changes every night at midnight (CST), the next visit to your home page will cause your counter to increment by 1 and generate a report that is immediately emailed to you.

If you do not receive an emailed report on a particular day, then it can be assumed that your home page had no visits after midnight (CST) of the previous day. In this case and if you visit your home page, a report will be generated and emailed to you immediately.

What does the report look like?

COUNTER SUMMARY - Generated Tue May 1 07:01:57 2001 CST
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Company Name: Coatesville Baseball
URL: http://www.coatesvillebaseball.com

Report Date: 05/01/2001 Tuesday (reporting Monday's activity)

Your counter reported ( 25 ) total hits last Sunday.
Your counter reported ( 36 ) total hits last Monday.
Your counter reported ( 30 ) total hits last Tuesday.
Your counter reported ( 41 ) total hits last Wednesday.
Your counter reported ( 38 ) total hits last Thursday.
Your counter reported ( 39 ) total hits last Friday.
Your counter reported ( 30 ) total hits last Saturday.

This week accumulative hits: ( 61 ) and average: ( 30.50 ).

Last seven day total hits: ( 239 ) and average: ( 34.14 ).

Your hit counter currently reads: ( 14534 ).
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This Report Date: 05/01/2001 on day #2.
Last Report Date: 04/30/2001 on day #1.

===> Chester County Sites Links <===
About this counter: http://www.ccsites.com/hitcounter
Banner statistics: http://www.ccsites.com/advertisers
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Revised 03/21/2001

REPORTED HITS:

1. The date and time the report is generated is located at the top of the report.
2. The totals hits for each of the last seven days are included in the report.
3. The accumulated seven day total and average hits are included in the report.
4. The accumulated total and average hits for the week are included in the report. Accumulation for this week is defined as Sunday to the last reported day.
5. The total hits accumulated from start to date is included in the report.
6. Last week, monthly and last month totals and averages will be included in future updates.

CUSTOMIZATION:

1. We can set your counter to any number at any time.
2. We can configure your counter to increment by any number per hit.
3. We can change the appearance of your counter on your web site:
   • We can configure your counter to be invisible.
   • We can configure your counter to display only the number.
   • The number can be black with white or transparent background.
   • The number can be white with black background.
   • The counter is fully customizable in its appearance.
4. We can configure your counter to send the email report to any email address or to multiple email addresses.
5. We can configure your counter to send the email report to you either daily, weekly or monthly.
6. We can remove the counter upon your request.

There is a $2 monthly fee to add our hit counter program to additional or every page on your web site -- in this case, your counter will report page hits opposed to unique visits.

You can review detailed information on your web site activity by clicking on the small, black, square graphic button located towards the bottom of your home page. This free web site tracking tool (program) reports very valuable information in regard to your web site visitors and referrals. You should review this report on a regular basis. This report will reveal information to you that will help you develop better web site marketing strategies.

REQUIREMENTS:

Our hit counter summary program and service is only available to CCSites.com members.

To purchase our hit counter summary program, please contact us.