function getCounts(url)
{
   if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
	   http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
   } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
	   http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
   }
   http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
   http_request.open('GET', url, true);
   http_request.send(null);

}

function alertContents()
{	
   if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
	   if (http_request.status == 200)
	   {
			document.getElementById("countsbysite").innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
	   }
   }
}