New vs Returning ratio

[hony]

How do you determine this statistic anyway? I can only presume based on cookies, which are unreliable because of the small number of people who regularly clear their cookies -- and hence seem like a new visitor every time.

Still, I'd like to see this stat for my sites also.

[Allfetish]

Originally Posted by hony

How do you determine this statistic anyway? I can only presume based on cookies, which are unreliable because of the small number of people who regularly clear their cookies -- and hence seem like a new visitor every time.

Still, I'd like to see this stat for my sites also.

I used Google Analytics ( http://www.google.com/analytics ) which is free. I presume they use cookies. Either that or it is based upon IP address. Perhaps both. I will have to look into that.

The Geo-IP tracking feature is pretty cool as well. I am very happy with their stats being a stat junkie myself.