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Is the user count the same as Google Analytics?
This Misunderstood Metrics article explores the Users metric in Google Analytics, why the numbers are different, and why both of them are probably wrong. TL;DR You cannot simply add up Users numbers from various days (or countries, or sources, or…) and expect the total to match a total user count for your site.
How many people visited Google Analytics on both days?
That is because 33 people visited ON BOTH DAYS, and a sum is counting them twice (816 actual 2-day total + 33 users visiting both days = 849 summed). NEVER add Users numbers together to get a total.
Why is my Google Analytics count so high?
In advanced implementations of Google Analytics, you can reduce that problem by implementing a cross-device User-ID in your website. But without that, some of your ‘new’ users could actually be returning users, and so the total Users count in any report is probably over-inflated a bit.
How to find your way around Analytics-Google help?
Click to open Admin, where you manage your accounts, properties, and views. Throughout this Analytics Help Center, you’ll see references to reports like this: Acquistion > All Traffic. This is a shorthand meaning, “the All Traffic report in the Acquisition category. The action bar appears at the top of the reports in Analytics.
Why does Google Analytics not show my conversions?
When you create goals in Google Analytics, there is a chance that you may have entered the wrong URL or used an incorrect URL structure. As a result, you wouldn’t be able to see your conversions in reports. By default, Google Analytics only uses the page path and ignores your domain name.
How to spot duplicate URLs in Google Analytics?
When viewing your Site Content URL report in Google Analytics (GA), you can spot the places that have two versions of the same URL, one with and one without a trailing slash. Take this example: this URL, http://www.citychiconline.com/new-in, and this URL, http://www.citychiconline.com/new-in/, both display the same page.