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ColleenWilliams · 05-02-2017, 06:50 AM

What is the difference between sessions and users in GA?

KateSteel · 05-03-2017, 11:01 PM

A session is defined as a group of interactions one user takes within a given time frame on your website. Google Analytics defaults that time frame to 30 minutes. Meaning whatever a user does on your website (e.g. browses pages, downloads resources, purchases products) before they leave equals one session.

CarolineMurphy · 05-04-2017, 11:28 PM

Google Analytics measures both visits and visitors in your account. Visits represent the number of individual sessions initiated by all the visitors to your site. If a user is inactive on your site for 30 minutes or more, any future activity will be attributed to a new session. Users that leave your site and return within 30 minutes will be counted as part of the original session.

Hope, it is helpful.

sofiasofi · 05-04-2017, 11:41 PM

A session is defined as a group of interactions one user takes within a given time frame on your website. Google Analytic s defaults that time frame to 30 minutes. Meaning whatever a user does on your website (e.g. browses pages, downloads resources, purchases products) before they leave equals one session.

JamesCharles432 · 05-05-2017, 12:04 AM

Hi,

USERS :
Users replaced Unique Visits. I can be 1 user but count for multiple sessions.

Simple question, simple answer. I’ll save a deeper look at defining Sessions in another post.
SESSION :
Session has effectively replaced Visits. It’s measured by interactions with a website, driven by a cookie set on a visitor’s browser when they arrive on the site. The default session expiration is set to 30 minutes, meaning if you’re like me and leave tabs open all day, the cookie will time out after 30 minutes. If I come back to the page and go anywhere else on the site, that will begin a new session.

amit2507 · 05-05-2017, 03:21 AM

Clicks indicates the number of times any user clicks on an ad while visits indicates the number of unique sessions each visits create.

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CarolineMurphy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 124	Google Analytics measures both visits and visitors in your account. Visits represent the number of individual sessions initiated by all the visitors to your site. If a user is inactive on your site for 30 minutes or more, any future activity will be attributed to a new session. Users that leave your site and return within 30 minutes will be counted as part of the original session. Hope, it is helpful. __________________ Website Designing in Mumbai \| Best SEO Companies \| Top SEO companies in Mumbai \| Website Designing Company in Mumbai \| Web Design Services \| top seo companies \| Web Development Company in Mumbai \| Web Design Company Bangalore, SEO Services in Bangalore

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sofiasofi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 373	A session is defined as a group of interactions one user takes within a given time frame on your website. Google Analytic s defaults that time frame to 30 minutes. Meaning whatever a user does on your website (e.g. browses pages, downloads resources, purchases products) before they leave equals one session. __________________ bmw x5 car covers x5 car covers bmw x5 car cover x5 car cover

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JamesCharles432 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 64	Hi, USERS : Users replaced Unique Visits. I can be 1 user but count for multiple sessions. Simple question, simple answer. I’ll save a deeper look at defining Sessions in another post. SESSION : Session has effectively replaced Visits. It’s measured by interactions with a website, driven by a cookie set on a visitor’s browser when they arrive on the site. The default session expiration is set to 30 minutes, meaning if you’re like me and leave tabs open all day, the cookie will time out after 30 minutes. If I come back to the page and go anywhere else on the site, that will begin a new session. __________________ Growth Hacking \| Market Development Strategy \| Business Development Strategies

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amit2507 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 44	Clicks indicates the number of times any user clicks on an ad while visits indicates the number of unique sessions each visits create. __________________ Digital marketing course in Delhi \| Digital marketing course in Hyderabad \| ethical hacking course in Hyderabad \| ethical hacking course in delhi

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KateSteel Registered User Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 107	A session is defined as a group of interactions one user takes within a given time frame on your website. Google Analytics defaults that time frame to 30 minutes. Meaning whatever a user does on your website (e.g. browses pages, downloads resources, purchases products) before they leave equals one session.

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