: What is a session in google analytics Case 1: If user search for a keyword Key1 and my site's result Page1 comes in google search results. User clicks that result and enters my site. So it

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Google provides a well documented answer to "How a session is defined in Analytics"

A session is a group of interactions that take place on your website within a given time frame. For example a single session can contain multiple screen or page views.



Case 1: This would start a new session.

Case 2: As long as the session has not expired due to inactivity this would be counted as a page view.

Case 3: Every time a user's campaign source changes, Google Analytics opens a new session. It’s important to point out that even if an existing session is still open (that is, less than 30 mins have elapsed), if the campaign source changes mid-session the first session is closed and a new session is opened.

What causes updates to the campaign?

Generally speaking, the campaign updates anytime the user arrives at your site via a search engine, referring website, or campaign tagged URL. Direct traffic, however, never updates or replaces an existing campaign source.

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