Thank you Brian,
It never occurred to me about the javascript being the difference on statcounter, but it makes sense.
I don't have the Alexa toolbar installed either and won't but it doesn't quite answer my question as to why the numbers on a new site such as mine would be so much higher than on the two sites listed as being related. I don't understand how their numbers can be so far out of line and this would indicate to me that their information in other areas regarding
SEO may not be accurate, however, I could be wrong. But thank you again for the information. I much appreciate it. I've learned a tremendous amount over the past few months reading all you guys' posts and it's been a great help to me.
J