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    Using Google Analytics to See What Time of Day Visitors View My Site

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    • Instabill
      Instabill last edited by

      Hi folks,

      My company has Google Analytics setup for all of our websites, but I am a bit stumped on something. Now, this may not be possible, but am I able to see what time of day visitors most frequently view my blog? I would like to optimize blog post publishing for when I know we have in influx of visitors, yet I cannot find this information on GA.

      Any input would be much appreciated.

      Regards,
      Meghan

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      • FRL
        FRL @FRL last edited by

        Thanks everyone for awesome feedback. Glad to know its helping everyone. Regards

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        • saffyre9
          saffyre9 @FRL last edited by

          I feel like this used to be a default report, but couldn't find it anymore. This did exactly what I needed, thanks 🙂

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          • filipmatous
            filipmatous last edited by

            Works great, thank you FRL

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            • Atomic-Object
              Atomic-Object @FRL last edited by

              Thank you! This is perfect.

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              • nat88han
                nat88han @FRL last edited by

                Thanks, that imported easily and was exactly what I wanted!

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                • FRL
                  FRL last edited by

                  Hi ! We have created a custom report for this purpose. Import this from the Google Analytics Solutions Gallery (You need to be logged in with your Google Account to see this page).

                  This report also help you see the day of the week and date of the month analytics data.

                  Google%2BAnalytics%2BHourly%2B%2526%2BDaily%2BCustom%2BReport.jpg

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                  • DavidKonigsberg
                    DavidKonigsberg @Instabill last edited by

                    This way you can aggregate all the times together over a date range to get a feel over time which ours are best. you can also use advanced segments to only see organic traffic or other sources.

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                    • Instabill
                      Instabill @DavidKonigsberg last edited by

                      Thanks, David! This is excellent help as well!

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                      • Instabill
                        Instabill @KevinBudzynski last edited by

                        Ooh thank you so much! I knew there was a way, but I could not remember how to find this section of GA. You are awesome!

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                        • DavidKonigsberg
                          DavidKonigsberg last edited by

                          You can do it by making a custom report attached are the settings you need to use.

                          suHrBE0

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                          • KevinBudzynski
                            KevinBudzynski last edited by

                            Traffic Sources => Overview => Hourly (inside the line graph)

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