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"Here's the assumption: the probability of a visitor leaving the site at any given moment is constant." Terrible assumption. It's probably something closer to
by RyanZAG 13y ago
"Here's the assumption: the probability of a visitor leaving the site at any given moment is constant."
Terrible assumption. It's probably something closer to this:
P(Leaves site without reading / sub 2 sec): 0.2
P(Leaves site after skimming / sub 10 sec): 0.6
P(Leaves site after reading 1 page / 5 minutes): 0.1
P(Leaves site after reading a bunch of pages / 30 mins): 0.1
If you're going to make decisions off of something like duration, then you should code up a basic bit of javascript/database that can store real values.
- alexatkeplar 13y agoNo need to hack a whole analytics stack together - just use Snowplow with page pings turned on: http://snowplowanalytics.com/analytics/catalog-analytics/measuring-and-comparing-content-page-performance.html http://snowplowanalytics.com/analytics/catalog-analytics/mea... (You can't measure visit durations including bounces accurately without a JavaScript tracker that pings back on-page DOM activity.)