# Are the links clicked counters accurate?

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**Created:** [May 5, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-links-clicked-counters-accurate/964038 "2022-05-05T21:33:43Z")\
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Unless the links are recursive.

> [@Are the links clicked counters accurate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-links-clicked-counters-accurate/964038/6):
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> Unless the links are recursive. [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-links-clicked-counters-accurate/964038/6?u=k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-links-clicked-counters-accurate/964038/6)

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