Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/25/08 23:06

Animesh K wrote:
> Michael Fesser wrote:
>> .oO(Krustov)
>>
>>> <Jerry Stuckle>
>>>
>>>> No counters look "professional". They are just a way for amateurs
>>>> to pump their egos.
>>> Is it you who decides for everybody else what is or isnt professional .
>>
>> Hit counters are _never_ professional. They are of no interest for the
>> users (use rand() if you want to show an impressive number to them) and
>> the real informations are available in the server's logfile.
>>
>> Micha
>
> People do have page-view (counter) information on websites and it helps
> the viewer in understanding popularity of that particular page.
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=mOeuar5LmtU
>
> For example this has been viewd 280,XXX times, voted 510 times, and has
> a 4-* rating. All these are "counters" of different kind and provide a
> lot of information related to this particular video.
>
> Perhaps you mean that stuff like sitemeter is boring, but it isn't
> completely useless or unprofessional.
>

And youtube is the latest in professional web design? ROFLMAO!

It's fine for those who need their egos stroked. But it's not professional.

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