Suggestions requested: webstats4u counter now produces spam!

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Suggestions requested: webstats4u counter now produces spam!

Post by coyote1980 » Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:50 pm

Hi all!

our counter, nedstat, has been taken over by a company webstats4u. Since the takeover the counter can generate spammy popups. I think I will remove the counter from my website and replace it with another one. Does someone have an idea about what counter I should use as a replacement? Or could I easily run my own counter on the php/mysql server?

Any advice appreciated!

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Post by Big Brother » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:49 pm

I was going to PM you asking if it was supposed to be popping up on each visit. try www.bravenet.com free counter and it doesn't produce a popup

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Post by JohnTurbo » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:37 pm

Haha...as was I...it was irritating!!
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Post by dragon » Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:50 am

I don't think we should ever rely on 3rd party anything, especially when we have 2 capable web hosts already.

Just make one, daniel :)

(or get a free CGI one downloaded and installed locally, perhaps from Matt's Script Archive)
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Post by coyote1980 » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:41 am

OK, I will remove the counter today and let webstats know they s*ck :lol:

already mailed them to ask them to stop spamming. They replied that they needed money to cover the costs blablabla and that if I didn't want the spam I could pay a monthly fee. Well, screw you guys! I will get locally installed 3rd party software now.
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Post by ForZe » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:04 pm

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Post by coyote1980 » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:25 pm

Yeah! I read about that at work (great website, tweakers.net :D), might be worth installing tonight :)
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Post by coyote1980 » Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:19 pm

Well, I have started using that google-thing, but it doesn't seem to be a counter that all of you can see if someone is interested in watching the website statistics. But last week while being bored I located something called BBClone - a free counter written in PHP :)

I have installed it and as of today it will count the visits to the clubs website. You can find the counter statistics here:

link to BBClone counter

Enjoy 8)
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