Comments on: Understanding Website Analytics Data http://shang-liang.com/blog/understanding-website-analytics-data/ Life in a Flash Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:14:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ickydime http://shang-liang.com/blog/understanding-website-analytics-data/comment-page-1/#comment-637 ickydime Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:14:33 +0000 http://shang-liang.com/blog/?p=84#comment-637 I've always found the time on page to be somewhat misleading. It seems as though it only works if the user goes from that page to another page on your site. If they bounce from the site it will read as 0 seconds on the page, even if they stayed for 10 minutes before they left. Also, I don't think it can keep track of whether or not the user is actually paying attention to that page/tab. If they open a new tab or just start to work on something else it will register as though they are on that page for a long time, even though they may not be paying attention to it. I’ve always found the time on page to be somewhat misleading. It seems as though it only works if the user goes from that page to another page on your site. If they bounce from the site it will read as 0 seconds on the page, even if they stayed for 10 minutes before they left.

Also, I don’t think it can keep track of whether or not the user is actually paying attention to that page/tab. If they open a new tab or just start to work on something else it will register as though they are on that page for a long time, even though they may not be paying attention to it.

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