Banner Exchanges:   
Now that you have your banner ads, what are you going to do with them? Banner exchanges are a great way to get your ad on thousands of other websites - free. In exchange for displaying other people's ads on your site, your ad will appear on other people's sites. Best of all, the banner exchange takes care of all the technical details and usually also gives you lots of good statistics.  

LinkExchange (bCentral) - Offers 2:1 exchange ratio (for every two banner ads you display, your banner ad is displayed once). Owned by Microsoft, this is the largest banner exchange.  

SmartClicks - Offers 2:1 exchange ratio, targeting options and comprehensive statistics.  

Free Banner Exchange Megalist - Definitive source for information on over 350 free banner exchanges. Search based on criteria such as targeting options, content focus and credit ratios.  

Website Marketing Information and Tools:  
If you're serious about building a successful website, you should take advantage of the great tools and expertise these sites offer FREE.  

BannerTips - Offers very informative, hard-to-find insights and tips on every aspect of banner advertising, from design tips to a unique analysis of what impacts banner clickthrough rates.   

Eboz - Comprehensive source for information on website design, marketing and e-commerce. Features original articles covering a vast array of topics of interest to all website owners.  

SelfPromotion.com - Free search engine registration and links to other useful web promotion tools.  

HTML Tutorials:  
Need a few pointers on the basics of HTML, the language of all web pages? Check out these sites: although each covers a wide range of HTML topics, we've pinpointed the pages that offer info on adding images.  

 CNet's Builder.com - Primer on how to add images/banners to your pages, and much more.  

 WebMonkey - Walks you through the steps needed to display and align an image on your page.  

Other Useful Web Freebies:  
These websites offer a vast array of free "goodies", many of which can assist you with developing and marketing your website.  

Hits4Me.com - Well-rounded resource specializing in free tools for webmasters. Find information on all aspects of website operation, including expanding and enhancing site content, e-commerce issues, and marketing.  
  
  

Sites That Provide Free Counters And Trackers

Have a website or webpage on a server that does not offer a page counter, or do you just want a new page counter? Try one of these counter services. Yes, they are absolutely FREE. However, some may display an ad. 

3tsCount. 

Display a small (26x24 pixels) graphic on your page. Keeps track of multiple pages at once. (Up to 10!). Simple installation (cut and paste and you're counting). Provides graphical and numeric stats of monthly, hourly, weekly, daily, ISP, browser, Operating System and last 20 referral URLs. 

Aadzz Free Counters. 

Aaddzz provides you counters with a wide selection of fonts and reports for Web pages. This free service requires you to display an ad on the counter page. 

Beseen.com. 

Add a hit counter to your web page the easy way. Pick out the style you like, cut and paste the HTML code to your web page. What could be simpler? There are no cgi scripts, ads or anything else to worry about. 
 

Crazy Counter. 

Amaze your friends. Place your mouse on the counter and press + to make it faster, or press - to make it slower. Press 0 to reset it to zero, any other key to display a random number or click on the counter to pause and restart it. Need I say this isn't a real counter. Requires Java. 

Direct Hit. 

With Direct Hit you display a small graphic, not a counter. Click the Direct Hit graphic to get your statistics for: total hits, hits this hour, hits today, average hits/day, hits this month and counting since date. 

Dyno Counter. 

Just cut & paste the code. This counter only counts hits from java enabled browsers. 

Extreme Tracking. 

The Extreme tracking service is one of the best. It provides you statistics on visitors by day, week, month hours of the day, days of the week, country, continent, browsers, Operating Systems, screen resolutions, referrer tracking: URLs, Search Engines and Keywords. 

Fast Counter. From Link Exchange, this counter won't slow down your page. Choose from several different counter styles and receive your statistics by e-mail each week. 

HitStat. Available in English, German and Italian. Provides today and forecast for today, this week, last week, this month, forecast month and last month. Total visits: hour, day, week and month. Also provides information on visitors by domain and by browser. Requires you to display a banner. 

Jcount This is a Java based counter, but provides backup for your non-Java users. Large applet displays scrolling count. When applet is clicked, the following statistics are provided: total count, start date, current date, days since counter started, hits per week, hits per day and hits per hour. Wide selection of different digit types available. 

Live Counter Classic. An award winning web page access counter with an animated real time hits display / CGI backup counter. Live Counter will increment while you watch. 

Nedstat. One of the best. NedStat is a site tracking service a counter will not be displayed. Free for non-commercial home page use. Provides you statistics on the number of hits per hour, per day of the week, and where the person who visited you site is from. No cookies, just display a small graphic. 

ShowStat Statistics. ShowStat is a site tracking service, a counter is not displayed. Gives you a nice, clear view about your Website traffic. Statistics include: date account created, highest number of hits and date, total number of hits, total number of hits this year, total number of hits this month, total number of hits today, last 25 refereed links, hits per country, browser and Operating System. Just display a small graphic. 

SiteMeter. Site Meter is worth a look. You can customize the counter text color, background color, size, and font. Provides you with lots of statistics to include: total, average per day, average visit length, visits last hour, today, this week, 3D graphs on Operating Systems, domain, browser, JavaScript, DHTML, PNG graphics and more. 

Stats 3D. Stats 3D is a high quality 3D graphic Website free tracking service. Following statistics provided: 3D stats display, browser, page hits, monthly summary and referrer breakdown. 

TheCounter.Com. You can set for public/private statistics. No ads on your Webpage. Statistics provided include: Total visits, date created, today count, last hit date and time, yesterday, average/day, Operating System, JavaScript enable, browser statistics, screen resolution, color depth, Java enable, and search engine referrals. 

WebTracker. Provides a free counter with limited statistics. To use your page must not get more than 500 page views per day. Statistics provided include: Total page accesses, started on, days in operation, average Hits per day, browser information, return visitor percentages, domain percentages, hits by Operating System, hits by day of the week and hits by hour of day.