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For a page, why do the Entry Page Views not equal the number of Sessions? Shouldn't every session have one entry page view?

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Question

For a page, why do the Entry Page Views not equal the number of Sessions? Shouldn't every session have one entry page view?

Answer

A session can start by any type of tag and in some cases are started by tags that are not a Page View tag.

As an example, if a visitor arrives on a tagged page, that will throw a Page View tag and start the session. This will mean 1 session and 1 entry page view. If they then leave for an hour, the session will expire. Once they arrive back, they may click on a form which throws an element tag. This will start a new session however a second Page View tag (thus entry page tag) might not be thrown. So you will have 2 sessions and 1 entry page views for this page.

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Modified date:
08 December 2018

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