I agree on those silly counters... (they're worse than useless). There are lot's of answers but the best is probably Google Analytics. If you don't have one, sign up for a Gmail account and then an analytics account.

GMail Registration - Analytics Registration  

There's a little script that you put on each page that you want to track and will start getting the data a couple of days after you're verified. It's really easy, free, the most robust program on the web and there's no tacky image/counter on your pages. GA will give you all the visitor, traffic and trending data that you'll need.

OK I signed up for analytics but Im not doing something right. When ever I add the code it show visible when I publish the page.

Whats does this mean? What is the body tag? Im using a template to design so could that be the problem?

Copy the following code block into every webpage you want to track immediately before the </body> tag.

Thanks

.Hello,

That simply means to add the code before the </body> tag in your page HTML. Look for the </body> tag, and place the code directly before it. The code is invisible if you have closed the tags properly in the code. Post the URL to your site so we can look at the code.

Bill

Sorry heres a link to my site.

www.flatsandbay.com

Hello Capt. Steve,

Nice web site! Do you have access to the HTML of your web site? I see you are using a template, and a site designer provided by your host. I ask this because I see that you didn't add the code to your site as of yet.

Bill

Sorry for taking so long to respond.

Ive been out of town and when I got back I had a full boat so to speak.

Im still working on the site and still trying to figure some things out.

I beleive I can design in html but I have no clue how to. Im still not sure how to enter the code.

Thanks for trying to help me.

Thanks for the offer. I got it taken care of. Scott was kind enough to help me out with it.

Now I have to spend some time developing keywords and learning how to submit them to the search engines.

Just an FYI, don't bother submitting your site to search engines as it's a waste of time. The search engines will find you from links to your site.

That process hasn't been of any use for at least a few years now. 

...........I can't agree with you more!

Bill

Thanks for the heads up.

My ex was a internet marketing guru. I learned a little from her but that was a long time ago. I was just going by what she used to do.

I guess times change.

So are you saying I dont need to worry about key words? Im a little confused again.

Keywords are a 'Good Thing', be sure to not repeat words and or phrase's; it's the search engine submission issue that is in question as far as relevance.

Bill