@poppacalypse this is fascinating! Just came across this gem:

"As an indication of just how popular this page is, you are visitor number Counter since I reset this counter on February 28, 2001. I first put this counter in on April 9, 1996, but something went haywire, and it was telling me I had had about 7 million hits since then. Now somehow, I just don't think I am that popular, so I reset it."

http://webarchive.me/geocities/Athens/1339/