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Time on Site & Time on Page – Google Analytics metric mystery

Abhishek Bhardwaj — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:14:01 +0000

When asked whether ‘time spent on site or page’ hold any meaning in a website’s performance, I have always said that, “if it means anything to you”. But before we can relate any performance measure to them, we need to understand how are they calculated and how relevant are these two metrics. How is Time on [...]

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Using Google Analytics to track Unique Visits from a referring site

Abhishek Bhardwaj — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:48:28 +0000

I was confronted with a problem of tracking unique visitors from referring partner sites. A friend was to pay his partners per click and he wanted to know how many unique visitors every partner site was generating. This would help him track efficiency of traffic and click fraud if any. Currently, Google Analytics does not show unique [...]

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Google Analytics – new look for the homepage

Abhishek Bhardwaj — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:25:55 +0000

Not so long ago, Google Analytics launched a set of new features (still in private beta) a couple of weeks ago and with that they have also made some changes to the user interface to make it more usable. Last week they released a new layout for the home (Analytics Settings) page. Now, the new home [...]

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Exit Rate vs Bounce Rate – Web Analytics Metric Mystery

Abhishek Bhardwaj — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:52:02 +0000

The terminology used in Web Analytics tools has always been haunting because every tool has it’s own meaning and context for a term. Two of such terms are Exit Rate and Bounce Rate which are mixed with each other often. Let’s see why. Google Analytics’s blunder with Exit Rate Out of all the metrics Exit Rate and [...]

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Google Analytics launch a new look

Abhishek Bhardwaj — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:41:59 +0000

Now Google Analytics will be seen with a new look of the interface. The dashboard and rest of the sections now look more neater and softer with rounded corners and soothing shades of colors. Now there is a lesser probability of you being lost with the new interface. Navigation and Accessibility is easier The left navigation panel [...]

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