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How do I see monthly traffic in Google Analytics?
It’s very easy to see the traffic sources of a specific page in your Google Analytics account. To start, log into your Google Analytics account and navigate to Behavior » Site Content. From there you can choose whether to view the traffic sources of all of your website’s pages, the landing pages, or the exit pages.
How are new visitors calculated?
A New User is counted by a ‘hit’ after midnight, but the Session is counted only on the first ‘pageview’. Usually sessions include both, but if a session has pageviews before midnight but only events after midnight, then the Session will not be counted on the second day but the New User will.
What is the difference between sessions and visits in Google Analytics?
In web analytics, a session is either capped by exiting the website or by a period of user inactivity. Website Visits, also referred to as sessions, track the number of times a user interacts with your website. Repeat visits within a set time period are excluded.
How does Google Analytics measure new / returning visitors?
How Does Google Analytics Measure New/Returning Visitors Google Analytics uses the dimension User Type to differentiate between a New Visitor and a Returning Visitor . They show this dimension in the standard report AUDIENCE > Behavior > New vs Returning along with a number of metrics.
Where to find unique visitor number in Google Analytics?
The user / unique visitor number is found below the graph in the list between Sessions (which used to be called Visits) and Page Views. Right below the Overview tab, click on Sessions and change it to Users to see its graph appear at the top of the page in place of the Visits graph.
How are new users counted in Google Analytics?
A New User is counted by a ‘hit’ after midnight, but the Session is counted only on the first ‘pageview’. Usually sessions include both, but if a session has pageviews before midnight but only events after midnight, then the Session will not be counted on the second day but the New User will.
When a website is visited Google Analytics sets a cookie with a unique ID in the visitors browser. When someone visits your website, Analytics scans for this cookie to determine if this is a “Unique Visitor” or a “Returning Visitor”. If no cookies are found a new ID is set.