Unfortunately, what normally happens is that the misguided Internet marketer will set up a visible hit counter on their home page and then artificially inflate their visitor count.

不幸的是，通常发生的情况是那些被误导的Internet市场商人在他们的主页上设置一个可见的点击计数器，然后人工地增加他们的访问者数目。

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And on a platform where writers are paid by visitor count, controversy and the resulting spike in readership can be lucrative for the writer.

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