This is a REAL odometer style javascript counter, where you can actually see the numbers spining. No Flash, it's all css and javascript. It can serve multiple purposes, like a live visit counter or a cashier style counter on a shopping website. Well, anything that involves updating a numeric value dynamically. It can also be used a fixed counter, like the one you can generate with a server script, but of course that isn't nearly as much fun as updating it in real time.