[thelist] Calculating time user spends on site
Feingold Josh S
Josh.S.Feingold at irs.gov
Wed May 8 10:52:28 CDT 2002
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> What is the best way to calculate the time a user
> spends on a site?
Obviously, there is no way to know this true figure for the individual.
There are too many variables. Did they look at your page, get a coffee,
then come back and continue browsing? Did they look at your page, open to
another site, then continue? etc.
However, if you are looking for a decent idea of how long users are spending
on your site and your traffic volume is high enough, you should be able to
get some idea.
Just set a cookie with the time when they enter your site and update that
cookie every time they hit a page. Of course, you won't know how much time
they spent on the last page of your site...
Josh
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