Not to knock your project, but why exactly would anybody want to get a notification every single time their website is viewed? I could see that becoming extremely annoying, and it is in no way beneficial for statistics, so what's the value proposition? I apologize if this came across as harsh, but I honestly can't think of a purpose.

No problem, It's not an easy thing to explain. I have a site that I built as a resume to apply for a position at one specific company, and I blocked search engines. I want to be notified every single time the site is viewed, since there's a very small, specific group of people who will visit it.

You could also put one of these on the 'thank you' page if you're selling something, to be notified when people make a purchase, or on a specific type of error page.

Or you could put this in an HTML email to be notified when people open the email (although many mail clients block this).

It's certainly not something you'd want to put on the front page of news.ycombinator.com. It's intended for much lower traffic, but high value locations. Plus, it's free and it only took a day to build, and it was fun :)

you should put some of that on the webpage. i had no idea what it was until reading your explanation.

I wonder what the discovery mechanism for new services is supposed to be - i.e. how could I know about your service without reading your comment here on HN? They don't seem to include all projects there are on their services page (which looks rather empty to me for such an interesting project).

It's tough for sure. I did email them and they promised to put me on their project page. Its in their best interest to promote projects that are using their service.