You will notice that the counters all have a different counts. This is due to the fact that they were started at different times. Easiest of all to add to your page.
Some hosts provide an access log.
Often display an ugly advertising banner. Go offline intermittently. This counter is a remote JAVA applet, located in Australia. It's a little slow at times and only counts visits by Java-Aware Browsers. Cameron has now added the capability for you to reset or preset your counter.