This mini module prevents the statistics module to increase the view counter if an administrator or the author of the node has viewed a node.

Download: http://e-faux.com/node/45

// $Id$

/**
 * Implementation of hook_exit().
 *
 * Decrement counter of current viewed node if user is admin or author of node.
 */
function noadmincount_exit() {
  global $user;

  // Check if we are counting views.
  if (variable_get('statistics_count_content_views', 0)) {
    // Check if current page displays a node in viewing mode.
    if ((arg(0) == 'node') && is_numeric(arg(1)) && arg(2) == '') {
      // Check if the user is admin or author.
      if (user_access('administer nodes') || $user->uid == node_load(arg(1))->uid) {
        // Decrement total view count and day view count of current node.
        db_query('UPDATE {node_counter} SET daycount = daycount - 1, totalcount = totalcount - 1, timestamp = %d WHERE nid = %d', time(), arg(1));
      }
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_cron().
 *
 * Delete entries with zero views. Such entries may exist because noadmincount_exit()
 * does not delete zero viewed lines.
 */
function noadmincount_cron() {
  db_query('DELETE FROM {node_counter} WHERE totalcount = 0');
}

Alternatives

Modules which provide similar functionality:

http://drupal.org/project/statistics_filter
http://drupal.org/project/statistics_advanced

See also http://drupal.org/node/305764, which suggests merging the two modules. Any help is much appreciated!