For every new blogger or webmaster, knowing the number of people who visit your site is always very important. It is always interesting to discover the
source of your blog/site,page views,where they are coming from,which sites are referring,how many are coming through Search Engines results(google,yahoo,etc) as well as the keywords they are typing in the search engines which refers them to visit your site.

These statistics are very handy in terms of improving your blog and it is absolutely FREE. Anytime you search through google or any other good search engine, you will find hundreds of sites which will track the visitors of your blog/site. But,some sites will provide more information about your visitors than the others.

So,how do you do this? Listed below, are some of the best tracking sources which i recommend in terms of the features they provide.

However, one thing is common for all the tracking sites.First you need to register,and provide the necessary information about your blog/website.Next,they will give you a html code and you have to embed it in your blog.

How To Add HTML TRACKING CODE TO YOUR BLOG.

Sign in to your blogger dashboard.
Click on the 'layout' link next to your blog name.
Click on the "Add a Page element"
Select "html/javascript" and past the code they provide and SAVE THE CHANGES.



After you've done that, your blog will be tracked and you can check your blog stats from time to time after logging in to your registrars website.

So,here are some of the top good stat tracking sites;


Histats.com:Unlike the Sitemeter which is very simple, this site will have very cool and animated counters.
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Tracking is updated every 5 minutes.Like Sitemeter, Histats also has the option to keep your site stats PRIVATE. They also provide Animated graphs about your site visitors .

Statcounter.com: Just like it's name implies, Statcounter is a stats tracking counter.It is fast,free,and quick loading. Invisible tracking is available and no ads on your site.All the stats are in real time and super fast.It is not much animated compared to Histats.com.They will provide page views,unique visitors,visitors activity,search engine wars,keyword analysis,and many more..

Sitemeter.com:This one is one of the Most Popular tracking source.This is as simple as 123. Just create an account,copy the code from your account and paste it in your blog as suggested above.
You have also the option to keep your blog stats PRIVATE.
They will give you the stats on how many page views(hits) per day,unique visitors,geo location of the visitors,how many users online,and much more...As it is simple(not much animation),you site will load as fast as it is before.Stats are updated hourly.


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