Counters
Counters are bit of programming script that show the user of a how many visitors there have been to a particular web page. They are usually located on the bottom of a page for aesthetic purposes (it isn't an important piece of information for many users).
Counters are used mainly for marketing purposes, they show the user and web developer exactly how popular a website is, and use this information when deciding on any expansions of websites or web-based business. They also serve as a sales tool for advertisers to sell themselves on certain websites.
Web Analysis Tools
There are various types of web analysis tools that allow the webmaster to not only view how many people have come to his/her particular website, but to be as specific as to what time of the day or week they have visited the website, to what country the web user is checking in from.
All of these tools rely of a counter (whether seen or otherwise) and record the where and when (country and time of browse) and record these details. AWStats is by far the most popular tool and is provided free with many ISP's.
What is RSS?
What is it used for?
How does Google Reader work?
RSS: Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a family of web feed formats used to frequently publish updated works – Such as Blog Entries...” (www.wikipedia.org, 2010). RSS feeds basically send you an email whenever certain websites and programs (such as I tunes, various websites) update their material. It is brilliant for those people who want their information to come to them on a regular basis.
As a University student whose main hobbies include sleeping in and playing bass guitar, I have plenty of time, so web surfing is still high on the list of things I can do.
Google Reader:
Google reader is effectively an unfiltered RSS feed, showing all new and random things that are all over the internet (excluding adult material, from what I've noticed).
... I think thats it for the "Answer these" Questions... i hope.
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