# Do You Use Stat Counter For Your Blog Stats?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-stat-counter-for-your-blog-stats/592636>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 14, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-stat-counter-for-your-blog-stats/592636 "2011-08-14T01:56:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-stat-counter-for-your-blog-stats/592636/1 "2011-08-14T01:56:11Z")

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If so, how do you keep from adding yourself to the page hits?

After I publish, I sometimes find it necessary to go back and edit several times and that skews my totals, so I was wondering if there is something I can do to avoid this?

Thanks

Q

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-stat-counter-for-your-blog-stats/592636/2 "2011-08-14T02:55:46Z")

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I use a Bravenet counter, which allows me to set it to ignore my own hits.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-stat-counter-for-your-blog-stats/592636/3 "2011-08-14T03:06:43Z")

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I use Wordpress, which ignores my own hits (when I am logged in, of course).

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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-stat-counter-for-your-blog-stats/592636/4 "2011-08-14T04:37:55Z")

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There are two ways. Click on the little wrench, then click the first link to block your IP address, or click the 5th link to create a blocking cookie. It will save a cookie with your browser that tells it not to record your visits. If you visit from other browsers or computers or maybe your phone, you’ll need to visit that page with each of them so they will all be blocked.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-stat-counter-for-your-blog-stats/592636/5 "2011-08-14T04:52:45Z")

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Since the OP is seeking personal experiences, this is better suited to IMHO than GQ.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![StarsApart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-stat-counter-for-your-blog-stats/592636/6 "2011-08-14T05:45:57Z")

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In Blogger, you can go to your blog settings, then Stats. There, under the list of Pageviews sorted by various time increments, you’ll see a link that says “Don’t track your own pageviews.” That’s the link you want.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-stat-counter-for-your-blog-stats/592636/7 "2011-08-14T08:11:17Z")

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I found that, **Stars** , thanks! 🙂

Q