[Sigia-l] Site Counters - good or bad

[Jan Knight]

Hi:

I'm looking for support for the notion that counters on web sites are 
not a good idea and that there are better ways to track traffic and 
efficacy of a site.

Usually, I would do my own research on this subject but with the 
expertise on this list, I thought I'd start here. I'm sure someone can 
recommend a good article or two on why a site (especially an .edu) site 
might not want to incorporate a counter.

Thanks for any leads. By the way, support can come in the form of 
opinions also. :-)
Jan

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