What does the Hit Counter count?

[Pepperfire]

Using version 1.3.9h
What plugins/addons have you installed? When?
I installed via FTP
Using MySQL: 5.5.11
I've posted a snapshot of the problem: http://www.peppermaster.com/images/hitcounter.jpg

My question is also about the hit counter and oddly uber excessive hits...

If you look at the hit counter, on Feb 3, I seem to have had over 2000 visitors.

Either I'm REALLY being throttled by google and they released the throttle on that day, or this is very out of place given the number of hits I seem to enjoy every other day.

Can anyone shed some light on this, please?

[marton_1]

Using version 1.3.9h
What plugins/addons have you installed? When?
I installed via FTP
Using MySQL: 5.5.11
I've posted a snapshot of the problem: http://www.peppermaster.com/images/hitcounter.jpg

My question is also about the hit counter and oddly uber excessive hits...

If you look at the hit counter, on Feb 3, I seem to have had over 2000 visitors.

Either I'm REALLY being throttled by google and they released the throttle on that day, or this is very out of place given the number of hits I seem to enjoy every other day.

Can anyone shed some light on this, please?

Interesting. Usually I see around up to 100 visitors per day but today (according to the hit counter) I had around 3,000 visitors who each looked at circa one page.
The report of "products viewed" confirms this; I assume I was hit by some sort of automated software but I do not see any reports in zencart that would help me to dig deeper?
I do not suppose this matters significantly but any views/comments are welcome