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Lies, damned lies, and aggregated statistics. Google Analytics Overview reports explained including why you shouldn’t use them

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Strong title I know, but its got your attention. For clarity, Google Analytics doesn’t lie, what does is those people using the data who are either misinformed or aren’t getting the most out of GA…read on if that’s you! This post

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Understanding users, sessions and pageviews

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One of the most popular questions I get asked is to explain what is the difference between users (formally unique visitors), sessions (formally visits) and pageviews. Best way to do this is with an example (see below) To quote Justin Cutroni

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