The 6th Annual IIA & MSN Net Visionary Awards took place on the 25th of November 2004 in Clontarf Castle (Dublin, Ireland). StatCounter.com was shortlisted for the 'Web Developer Excellence' and 'New Entrepreneur' awards.

'It was a great honor to be personally nominated for Web Developer Excellence and the New Entrepreneur award and I would like to thank everyone who voted for me.' says Aodhan.

Over the last six years the awards have become the most respected Internet awards, honouring individuals for their contribution to the Irish Internet Industry. Nominated by colleagues, clients, and peers, voted on by industry professionals these awards are truly the most prestigious awards on the Industry calendar. This year over 70 individuals were nominated for awards and the Industry to decided who would be the 2004 Net Visionary Award winners.

Lookup IP Address

We added this very neat feature, that allows you to lookup the ip address of your visitor to find out about them. This is very useful if you are using shopping cart software and you know the IP address of a visitor who made a purchase

Latest Keyword Activity

This stat is very similar to the old “keyword analysis” but it now includes the date and time of when you received each hit from a search engine as well as more detailed information. This lets you keep a very close up to second watch on the visitors finding your website using the search engines.

Keyword Analysis

This stat has been totally overhauled and re-worked from the ground up. It now gives you the best overall view of how your different keywords are doing. And lets you quickly and easily see which are the ones delivering you the most amount of traffic across each of the search engines. Check it out you won't be disappointed!

Search Engine Wars

Who is winning the search engine war on your website? Is it Google, Yahoo or MSN sending you the most amount of traffic? What search engines do you need to focus on more? Find out here!

Email Reports are Fixed!

The long standing issues with email reports have been fixed, and they are now working extremely well. To configure one login to your account and click the little “letter” icon beside your project name.

Advanced StatCounter Project and Yearly Billing 1st May 2005

Stay tuned for the release of the Advanced StatCounter Project and Yearly billing options on the 1st May 2005.

Thank You!

As always I would like to personally thank you for your support. If you weren't using StatCounter then I wouldn't have a job to do. I hope you continue to use StatCounter to help understand your visitors and make important decisions about your website. And please keep telling your friends about our great free service! That's all for now folks.

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