So I really recommend Statcounter.com. It’s free, and it lets you see who’s visiting your website and how they’re finding it (what links they’re following, what search terms they’re using, etc.), which is very useful.
Though it’s a little discouraging sometimes. Back when I just had a hit counter on my site, I used to imagine that most hits represented people who were interested in my writing. Not so much, according to Statcounter. In some search engines, just typing in the word “virgins” brings up my “Blood of Virgins” page as one of the top results. In fact, more people come to my site now by searching for virgins than by searching for anything else, including my name. Wow, I guess people just really love virgins. Or rather, as many of the search parameters make clear, people really love virgins who are extremely unlikely to remain virgins in the next few minutes.
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