There are three types of page views
- One when you view a story on story.php
- One when you click the story title to view the external link
- And one when you view a profile
You have to remove/disable the code for all three of these situations for your pageviews table to stop growing. It has been suggested above to turn off several features. That will not actually stop the table from getting larger. The table will continue to get larger even though you don't use it. Remove the table and the code completely to fix your problem.