counter question

[grumpy]

Hi, im writing my own counter(s )
What do you guys think about a unique visitor. How long should a timeout been set before the script counts him as a new visitor / unique. Or shouldnt it be set at all?

[$tandaman]

unique is once every 24 hours.

or you can use a cookie, if a user has returned, it could be 'return'

[grumpy]

oke...sounds good...thought of that myself