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Free Visitors Map Counter
I really like the display of a map on my site, showing where my visitors came from. I’ve tried hunting for it last time, and found these two very nice one:
ClustrMap
This is the first one I’ve found, been using it for quite some time. It was previously known as HitMaps (for only a limited number of testers), but they’ve expanded the project and now it’s called ClustrMap. It was closed registration earlier (only by invitations), but the last time I’ve checked it, it’s free for registration by the public now (as from 13th of September). Sample of the map? Look at the right sidebar of this blog.
What does it do?
We provide you with a link to a thumbnail map, like the one you see in the lower left of this page; when it loads, it increments a counter and shows the locations of all the visitors to your page, cumulatively (yes, even for ridiculously large numbers); clicking on it reveals a larger world map display, and (optionally) lets you zoom in on the different continents.
What’s the catch?
For light/casual users (< 1000 visitors daily, with no cumulative limit) there's no catch: the service is really free, forever (not just for a 'trial period'), and stores cumulative totals up to many hundreds of thousands of visitors and beyond. To pay for the servers needed to scale up the service, big/commercial users get extra features and are allowed to process a larger number of visitors. See the products page for details.
Conclusion: Not suitable for very heavy users. Suitable for me. 
GeoLoc
This one is really cool….The design is so nice and the animation….wow. Just beautiful. The main site is in French, so you might need a bit of help by Babel Fish. But if you’re good at guessing, well, you can try signing up without Babel Fish translation (it’s pretty easy). Limited to 500 connections per day (meaning 500 page views? or 500 visitors? I’m not sure, can someone comfirm this?). Sample of the map? Take a look at this site: Link
I’ve only managed to register for one account. When I tried signing up for another one, somehow I can’t validate my email address. I get this instead:
Le lien utilisé n’est pas valable.
Copier l’intégralité du lien recu par mail
( http://www.geo-loc.com/confirmation.php?email=votre email d’inscription )
et collez le dans la barre d’adresses de votre navigateur .
Conclusion: Maybe they limit it to one per person? I tried different email accounts and still the same thing.
Well, enjoy! Do let me know what you think about these two. 
