: What's the difference between Second Page and Next Page Path? What's the difference between Second Page and Next Page Path for a Landing Page? Edit1 I'm not able to upload attachments yet

@Megan663

Next page path is deprecated . Google Analytics tracks the page you are on, and it records the page you came from. Since it can't know where you are going next, it can't record the 'next page'.

In the application, the 'next page' is actually the same as the 'page'. The 'previous page' is where they came from. They intended that you use 'next page' and 'previous page' together. You should not be used them with 'page'.

If you see 'next page' and 'previous page' being the same, people are refreshing the page or clicking a link that redirects them to a point elsewhere on the same page.

And Second Page Path is the second page in a user's session.So The Second Page will always be the second page browsed in a session.

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@Holmes151

"Next page path": the next page after visiting the page you have selected for analysis
"Second page": the absolute second page of the visit.

Second page works if the page you are currently viewing, is indeed the landing page (first page) of the visit. If you are viewing data of a page the visitor just viewed somewhere during his visit, it is not the next page in the flow.

Example:

The visit: Page A > Page B > Page C > Page D

If you add 'next page' as a second dimension to Page A, it will show Page B.
If you add 'second page' as a second dimension to Page A, it will show Page B.
If you add 'next page' as a second dimension to Page C, it will show Page D.
If you add 'second page' as a second dimension to Page C, it will show Page B.

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@Radia820

Based on the pageviews metric, it looks like all traffic is getting lumped into a single page.

I get the same behavior as you, unless I use "Landing Page" as the main dimension and pageviews as the metric. Then after running the report, use the "Secondary Dimension" drop down and add "next page path" as the secondary dimension. Once you do that it breaks the report up showing the next page path of all "landing pages". You can sort the report by "landing page" to see all the next page paths.

"Next Page Path" doesn't seem descriptive of the dimension. It appears to mean the final page the customer sees on the path. You should use "Second Page" to see a flow. "Page Path Level X" seems to work as a drill down dimension to show the full path.

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