Counters & click-thru scripts installed on MY server, Allowed?

[Linkster]

Originally Posted by MeatPounder

I understand that with a major player such as greenguy or linkster the sponsors will not screw with their traffic as much, but they absolutely do with a small webmaster such as I who perhaps only sends them 2k hits a day.
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First off - you'd be surprised to know that we actually get the exact same treatment with our traffic that you experience - and I drop sponsors almost every day because of it.
One thing to be very careful of though is understanding that there is a huge difference between the surfers clicking to a sponsor "first page" and letting the page load all of the way to be counted, and loading your page and being counted as a click thru for your stats.
Also be aware that there are many sponsors that list "first page hits" on their stats that really are counting surfers that click to the second page from the first page - talking to the sponsor reps usually doesnt help as they dont understand the programming of their own stats
I usually have to get with the program owner or his hired programmer to get the real story