Looking for freeware click tracking routine

Want to simply track clicked URLs

[scannist]

My apologies if this is covered in another discussion... Please direct me to the thread if so.

I'm looking for a simple freeware routine for tracking clicks on links. I want something that's friendly for search engines. I'm guessing I'm looking for something that works by adding an extra bit of code to a URL on my site i.e.:

a href=cgi-bin/clickcount.pl?url=www.domain.com

Any suggestions for a routine that's "simple, works, free, won't bog down the click" is appreciated.

Would also be nice if the routine had a simple interface for viewing the click counts by date and URL.

I realize the count won't be accurate. I'm just looking for ballpark numbers.

[bcolflesh]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld - there are many free scripts out there - check Hotscripts and it's ilk - ex:

m-dream.co.uk/scripts/mlinks/maian_links.php

[coyote]

I have used Fast Click on my site for a while. It's simple to install/use and it uses SE friendly URIs (ex: fclick.php?http://somesite.com)

The only problem is that the website that I got this script from has disappeared (http://ftrain.hotbox.ru)...

[scannist]

Thanks for the assist!

I successfully installed the "maian" system.

My question is whether the search engines will actually see the link properly. In order for the maian system to work, you have to use your domain name instead of the domain you're linking to to log the hit i.e.:

[yoursite.com...]

Do the search engines crawl / process / know what the actual link is?