To clear the read count for a specific page or node:

1. Open the database file in myPHPAdmin or otherwise
2. Open the node_counter table
3. The read count is the totalcount column, you can search by count# or by node id# and then edit the count as required.

The above can be useful in several cases:
examples:
a) after testing and before going to production, you might want to clear the count.
b) if you get spam hits and the count goes to the roof! you can adjust it.
etc.

Hope this helps.