Best practice on hit counters

Hello,

I’m in search of guidelines for using hit counters on websites. I know  
this is passé, but I need an authoritative source that I can quote to  
our customers, to back up our policy on not adding hit counters to our  
site. Is this information noted on W3C.org? I searched around and  
couldn’t find it but perhaps I’m not looking in the right place.  
Thanks for your help!

Necie Green
Web Communications Specialist
The Methodist Hospital System
Office: 832-667-5424
ggreen@tmhs.org
www.methodisthealth.com


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