During the campaign, her Web page received more than 30 hits per day. He noted this was low compared to commercial pages, but good for a local page. In keeping with his preference for content, Freeman avoids gizmos and gadgets such as counters and animation. Unobtrusive animations don't bother me. The ones that do bother me are those that keep reloading.
Counters are devices that keep track of the number of visitors to a given page.
Counter programs usually reside on a remote server elsewhere on the Internet. When a user visits a counter-controlled page, a signal is sent to the counter server. The page count is updated, and a graphics image of an odometer showing the number of hits is sent back to the visited page and displayed. This lag time is often the reason the counter doesn't display until long after the page has finished loading. Many coders are purists and avoid HTML visual creation tools like Hot Dog Pro.