A plain-language guide

What is web analytics?

Web analytics is the collection and study of information about how people arrive at, use and leave a website. It helps answer practical questions: which pages visitors see, where they came from and what they did along the way.

The guides below explain a few ways to look at that activity, from one visit to patterns across many visits.

Start with a question

Web analytics guides

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Troubleshooting

Why am I not seeing data?

First check that you have selected the right website and date range. Make sure its tracking code is present on the pages you visited, and that the visit happened during the selected period. If you are still setting up tracking, follow the website tracking setup guide.

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