Unique Pageviews. A pageview is defined as a view of a page on your site that is being tracked by the Analytics tracking code. A unique pageview represents the number of sessions during which that page was viewed one or more times.
What does Unique mean in Google Analytics?
The official Google Analytics definition of this term is: “ Unique Visitors are the number of unduplicated (counted only once) visitors to your website over the course of a specified time period.” However each user counts as one so, if the same IP address accesses the page/site these visits all count as one.
Are unique pageviews and visits the same?
A unique pageview, as seen in the Content Overview report, aggregates pageviews that are generated by the same user during the same session. Each visit may contain multiple pageviews of a single page, but only one unique pageview of each page.
Why are unique pageviews important?
Unique Visitors – which one matters most? Pageviews are important for publishers because each page view tallies with an ad impression for each ad on the page. If your ads are sold on a cost-per-thousand views (CPM) basis, this is an important number for you to grow.
What does unique page views mean?
Unique Pageviews. A unique pageview, as seen in the Content Overview report, aggregates pageviews that are generated by the same user during the same session. A unique pageview represents the number of sessions during which that page was viewed one or more times.
How does Google Analytics identify unique?
According to its name, unique visitors are people who visit your website or blog for the first time. Analytical tools such as Google Analytics, Bing Analytics, Yandesk and other tracking tool uses visitor’s IP address, Browser Cookies, Registration ID and Use Agent to identify a unique visitor.
Should you use pageviews or unique pageviews?
In general, the higher the number of pageviews a page gets, the better. However, unique pageviews are a more accurate metric when it comes to determining the true popularity of a page. For example, you may have a page with a list of links to other pages on the website getting lots of views.
Why are unique pageviews higher than sessions?
Our explanation is that the unique pageviews are being shown in funnel which is same as Sessions but when applying filters based on session, you are being shown the session with Entrances on that page for some reason. To confirm this – you can test adding a segment as shown below and match the output numbers.
What is pageviews in Google Analytics?
A pageview (or pageview hit, page tracking hit) is an instance of a page being loaded (or reloaded) in a browser. Pageviews is a metric defined as the total number of pages viewed.
What are unique sessions?
What is the difference between unique pageviews and sessions? A unique pageview is the time a user spends on a single page, regardless of how many times they leave and come back to that same page. A session is the entire time someone spends on a website, which can include multiple pageviews or ecommerce transactions.
How do you increase unique views?
How to Increase Your Pageviews Per Visitor
- Create great blog content and make sure it is optimized.
- Create evergreen content.
- Creating a great user experience.
- Have a sidebar that promotes related blog content.
- Promote old blog posts (and do a better job at promoting existing content)
- Conclusion.