What is your favorite Google Analytics statistic?

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   William15posted 10 years ago

   Google Analytics gives all sorts of metrics. Which is your favorite? Which is the most useful? Which do you pay the most attention to?

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      Cardisaposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I could spend hours watching my traffic in real time. I also like how I can tell where the visitor is and how long they have spent on each hub. Real time is the bomb!

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         wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         OMG - another addict!  I love it,too, and keep a tab opened there. 
         
         You never know what you'll find - once was a visit from the white house, and a few days ago one hub suddenly had over 80 visitors (at the same time), all from the same small town.  Never did figure out what that was about.

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            lobobrandonposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Haha that's 3 of us

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      Susana Sposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I find real time a real waste of time LOL.
      
      I think one of the most useful things to use analytics for is comparisons.
      
      ...say I've made a major edit to a hub - Do people now stay on the hub longer than they did before? A comparison can tell you.
      
      ...or what if I change the place I put an internal link - maybe I try putting it in the second paragraph instead of the last - does my bounce rate decrease? Again, a comparison can tell you the answer.
      
      There are loads of these kinds of "little tests" that you can carry out to help you improve your hubs and viewer experience.

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   The Examiner-1posted 10 years ago

   I like looking at my visitors to see how my Hubs are doing. It took me a while to figure out what the first question was when it showed up!

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   lady rainposted 10 years ago

   My favorite is looking at the magic numbers.
   
   

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   William15posted 10 years ago

   I'm happy to know that I'm not alone. Do you use any of these stats to modify how you hub, or are they simply validation for you?

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   Sue Adamsposted 10 years ago

   Real time, definitely even though it's just ego tripping.

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   jansharesposted 10 years ago

   I like looking at "Page views the last 30 minutes" because it gives me a better picture of how many visitors I actually had. "Real Time" is always just a hand full of viewers for me. I hope one day I will reach "95" like lady rain. That's a lot of Real Time going on. WOW!

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   bestsmalldevidesposted 10 years ago

   google analytics in real time is a great feature, it provides the number of currently accessible. location of the visitor, this information will help website administrators can optimize their websites more

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      William15posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome to Hubpages! It feels good to know that I'm not the newbie anymore.

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