Visitor counters

Following a handful of requests for this, we’ve added another new feature to your Gift History.  You can now find a quick visitor counter at the foot of the page:

The counter shows both the number of page views your registry’s had, and the number of different computers used.  That’s a pretty close guide to the number of actual people who have viewed your wedding list — although sometimes different family members all share the same computer, and some people like to view a list both at home and at work.

We only count visits made to your actual list page — so if someone views your intro page, but doesn’t move on to the list itself (if, for example, you’ve set a release date), they won’t be counted here.

Technical note: our site sets a cookie for each guest who views a list, and visits are only counted from computers that accept this cookie.  This means that automated systems, like search engine bots, aren’t included.  Very rarely, however, a guest won’t have cookies enabled either, which means their visit also wouldn’t be counted.  For this reason, we can’t guarantee that the counter is 100% accurate.

To see your visitor counter, just log into your account, and click on the pale green Gift History tab.  We hope it’s a useful little addition.  As always, if you have any queries or comments, please let us have them!