to show how many times a blog was viewed(read)
Design and Skin Customization
ahhh ok...{jrCore_counter} is set in the footer of the profile templates so counts can be retrieved in the header. - I guess this part I have to put in the footer...

I had a problem the other day with the footer in my site when I added something and it went blank...hmmm...I'll see what happens
name="profile_view" - do I still need this part in the function or remove it or leave this part in there and rename it name="blog_view"

... . Know paul has something good going with his giglodge also using I believe google api and looks and works very good on his site...now its all about the convincing part