How to count Users?

totally confused

[blosssom]

could anyone teel me differnece or just meaning of
1) Absolute Unique Users
2) New Users
3) Returning User

For example:
I visit the site an I am completely new to it(monday 01.01)
Next day I visit it again (would I appear in Statistics as New User? on Tuesday? or Returning this day 02.01)
Checking stats for whole week (01.01-07.01) I will be count as New?Returning User?

[mike_ppc]

I think it depends on the period you are using for your stats. If you use a month, visiting again on 1st February (after your visit on 1st january) would mean a New User, but not an "Absolute Unique Users" - this is "all times" related

[blosssom]

And what is difference betewwn Returning User and Prior?
Thanks

[mike_ppc]

You didn't mention "prior" before ... could you elaborate more? prior what?

[blosssom]

I mean Google Analytics.
Absolute Unique Visitors are divided:
1) New Visitors
2) Prior visitors

Besiedes I still cannot catch that:
New Visitors + Returning visitors are not equal: daily Visitors

And
New visitors (daily) - are people who visitrd our site frist time this day?
New visitors (weekly) - people who visited site first time this week

I would like to know The daily new visitors - but not new according the exact day - but new one who has never visited the site before and has come to our site this day.

I hope You understand this :)
I don't get it at all
HELP!

[mike_ppc]

I must admit I don't use Analytics, so I tried to explain from a "logical" point of view.
The place to start is probably the help file, you should find some explanations there.