How Popular Is Your Blog?

If you're hosting a blog, eventually you're going to get curious about how many people are reading it. Unfortunately, Blogger doesn't offer any built-in statistics or visitor counters. You can, however, utilize third-party hit counters and tools to track your blog's traffic. Some of the most popular of these tools include

• Bravenet Counter and Site Stats (www.bravenet.com/webtools/counter/)

• FreeStats (www.freestats.com)

• Site Meter (www.sitemeter.com)

• StatCounter (www.statcounter.com)

To use any of these third-party tools, you have to add it to your blog's underlying code via the Edit HTML screenwhich we discuss next.