Trouble with the counter

So I recently added &misc to a section of my malls links to use the function. My problem is, I have seen no traffic from those links (its the notice boards, not ad boards) but I'm getting a ton of Other hits and no Misc hits... Does this mean that no one is linking from there or did I make the code wrong? I don't see how I could have so many Other hits and no Misc hits like that...

Other is what the hits get categorized under if none of the other markers are there
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if its on the notice boards instead of the ad boards they are coming into your shop via your name above the ad and not your actual ad