Web counter with statistics a must for your blog.

Learn more about your weblog's traffic statistics by adding a counter using one of these web tracking services.

Site Meter

One of the best free/paid web counter. Wih this counter you could see last 100 referrals, details of visits, entry pages, exit pages, Traffic Prediction and who is online on your blog at a given point of time. The paid version would give a more insight view for the details but a free one is good to start with.

Excerpts from the site:-

"Site Meter is a free, fast, and easy way to add a web counter to your web page. Not only does it display the number of visitors to your web site, it also keeps statistics on the number of visits each hour and each day."

Signup page: http://www.sitemeter.com/default.asp?action=newaccount


Bravenet

In addition to site counter Bravenet all provides several free/paid tools for websites/blogs. Sign up for an account and get the free code to attach to your blog for counter. The graphics and details are very attractive for statistics and but shows only last 10 referrals in free version.

Excerpts from the site:-

"We take pride in offering the fastest, most customizable and user friendly tools for your Website. If you don't have a Website, get one here - for FREE! We have everything you need - from start to finish.
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Signup page: http://www.bravenet.com/signup/signup.php