Countering

Countering turns an impressive statistic into a spreadable meme that users can display throughout the web.

Creating Counters

There are several methods for creating syndicatable counters.

Gold Star Counters

Membership Counters

Visitor Counters

Download Counters

Automated Time Counters

Some statistics go up constantly at an estimated constant rate.

For example: National debt counters.

Countering Examples

Spread Firefox Counter

"We are pleased to announce that the Firefox download counter is now available as an RSS feed that updates each minute. This counter does not include upgrades of Firefox initiated through the application update mechanism, and we believe it to be an accurate measure of downloads since the 1.0 release in November."

—Syndicating the Firefox Download Counter http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/15143

Plastic Bags Wasted

Plastic bags wasted this year:

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Cost of the War in Iraq