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Google Analytics: Updated visit definition is missing visits

Google updated their definition of a visit in the middle of august. I’ve written an explanation in a separate blog post. In general the change is good as it should make the data in Google Analytics easier for the layman to interpret. What isn’t so good is that

How to track per visit referrer with Google Analytics

Prevously I wrote about how traffic sources in Google Analytics perhaps aren’t what you think, mainly due to GA’s attribution of page views, visits & visitors to the latest source. It’s not possible using out-of-the-box Google Analytics for you to see the full referring page for each

Explained: Sources in Google analytics

Looking at various related blog posts, I’ve realised many people don’t fully understand or fully explain how traffic sources are attributed in Google Analytics. A Cooked named ___utmz Let’s get straight to the details about sources… * Uses a cookie called ___utmz * Only gets updated each time the