Hi

I am making a counter for a website... first the counter was placed on the main page, then I was quickly faced with the fact that the count is erroneous because each time a visitor will go back to the main page, he will add to the counter.

So I made a splash page with the counter on it.. this fixed the actual visits.. but what if someone bookmarked the main page.. then his hits won't be recorded...

Question: What is the best way to make a visitors counter (not page hits counter) ??

• is it by visitors IP ?? (not accurate though)
• should I change the links to the main page from the other pages to ex: "../index.pl?counter=no" or something like that??
• ....

any suggestions?? is there something similar somewhere??

thanx in advance

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