# click counts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-counts/450878>\
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**Created:** [May 28, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-counts/450878 "2008-05-28T14:34:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-counts/450878/1 "2008-05-28T14:34:11Z")

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i vaguely remember that some boards are able to display the number of times a link is clicked. is the board capable of doing that? if so would it be a fuss to turn it on? if not nevermind.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-counts/450878/2 "2008-05-28T14:43:04Z")

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Every thread already has the number of times it’s been viewed listed in the far right box of the forum.

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-counts/450878/3 "2008-05-28T14:46:41Z")

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oh i mean links in posts. for example, knowing how many times [this](http://www.videogamelibrarian.com/) is clicked on might be interesting in a MPSIMS way.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-counts/450878/4 "2008-05-28T14:50:17Z")

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[QUOTE=shijinn]  
oh i mean links in posts. for example, knowing how many times [this](http://www.videogamelibrarian.com/) is clicked on might be interesting in a MPSIMS way.  
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It would, but I have stat tracking on my site so I know how many times it’s been clicked from the SDMB. It’s a lot. Thanks guys. 😃

Sorry for misunderstanding the question.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-counts/450878/5 "2008-05-31T21:50:13Z")

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[QUOTE=shijinn]  
i vaguely remember that some boards are able to display the number of times a link is clicked. is the board capable of doing that? if so would it be a fuss to turn it on? if not nevermind.  
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Some visitors to our office showed us a program that can show visually how many times and exactly (to the pixel) where a site has been clicked… A typical site looks like a mess of coloured dots.

Useful for giving an instant idea of where people go on your site.