Google Analytics session update question
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Hello,
With reference to seomoz blog post - http://www.seomoz.org/blog/panda-24-and-analytics-session-update-rolled-out-simultaneously#jtc151292 , i would like clarification about the following -
- User searches Google for "Product Name" and clicks on your AdWords advertisement.
- User leaves site and searches a few more times, click on competition and comparing prices and features.
- User ultimately decides to with your product, Googles "Your Brand + Product Name", clicks your organic listing, and buys the product. This whole process takes less than 30 minutes.
"Your Brand + Product Name" will appear in your organic keyword report with 1 visit.
My question is whether "Product Name" will also appear in organic keyword report with 1 visit if the visitor is not signed in. ( as search won't be encrypted )
Thanks
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Thanks Yannick.
So, there will be 2 visits in GA now. Previously, it used to show 1 visit for the scenario mentioned by me. Am i right ?
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I know they are moving towards that model, however on entrance source to the best of my knowledge it only tracks the last entrance and the SEM will be treated seperate. They do not concatenate results.
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No. It's not counted as an organic visit, but as a paid visit. So you'll see the keyword data under google (cpc)
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