After careful consideration, we are making changes to how repeat visitors to your counter are handled.  For more than a year now, we have offered the choice of whether you want your counter to use cookies, or IP address tracking to determine if a visitor should add a flag to your counter.

Using cookies to determine if someone has viewed the counter in the past has unfortunately proven to be unreliable and a source of confusion.  In some cases, antivirus software deletes cookies, or a user has their browser configured to delete cookies when they close it.  In other cases, a user has brought their laptop with them traveling around the world, and doesn't understand why they aren't adding a flag from the new country they're visiting from.

Effective immediately, all Flag Counters will no longer use cookies to track repeat visitors.

Any counter that was previously using cookies will now count a unique IP address once per day by default.  This can be changed to 8 hours, 24 hours, 3 days, or 1 week.

The following new features have been added:
-An "Ignore This Browser" section now appears in Flag Counter Management section.  Using this option will set a permanent cookie on your browser only that prevents your counter from adding a visitor, a pageview, or a visitor log entry whenever your browser is used.

-A new 8 hour option for repeat visitors.