Question: Pageview = 2 is not Visit Depth =2 ?

[#1]

From the definition:

The depth to which customers to your site browse. For example, if a customer views three pages on your site before making a purchase, that visit depth would be three.

So I suppose, if I create metric:

Segment: Pageview = 2,

Metric:

Then the count of visit should equals to Visit: Visit Depth=2

But the following screen capture gives different voice.

Does it mean, if user consecutively visits same page 2 times, it'll be taken as 2 pageviews, but 1 page?

Please help to clarify or correct my understanding.

Thanks.

H

[#2 · Accepted solution]

one more explanation for a possible difference of the two segments

„visit depth = 2“ is looking for visits with 2 pageviews where the pagenames are not the same! this is because the visit depth does not increase when the pagename of the second pageview is the same, see here: Hit Depth (at the end of the article)

this means that the difference of those two segments you mentioned should be all visits with 2 pageviews having the same pagename.

i hope that helps

[#3]

The segment definitions 'page view' and 'visit' are calculated a little bit differently than most other segment definitions.

These two definitions take a) the date range; and b) overall visitor into consideration. The segment definition 'page view' basically says "take every page view within the date range and organize them by unique visitor". With your segment:

Include all visits where page views = 2

That's basically saying 'whenever a visitor hit their second page view within the date range, include that visit'. Urs's recommendation to use visit depth or hit depth would be my recommendation as well.

[#4]

Page view = 2 means that the visitor in question fired 2 page views. These could happen on separate visits. So for example, If I visited your site then bounced, then the next day visited your site again and bounced, that would match the segment of 'page view = 2'.

[#5]

I agree with you, and it seems to me the "„visit depth = 2“ is looking for visits with 2 pageviews where the pagenames are not the same!" is more reasonable.

[#6]

to be honest, i would have assumed that „visit“-container with „PV=2“ would only look at single visits not the overall visitor!

to see if there is a difference you could create a new segment with the following definition:

„visit-container“ with formula

{ (hit container with pageview exists) then within 1 visit (hit container with pageview exists) }

if you get the same numbers as with your visit-segment, then it would not look at the whole visitor...

[#7]

Thanks for your further clarification,

I thought following defines "if in a visit, there are 2 pageviews", now I understand it means "whenever a visitor hit their second page view"

[#8]

Gigazelle,

Thanks for your reply.

But I see in segment, it's set at "Visit" Level, but it seems to me the example in your reply is at "Visitor" Level. Is it?

Please help to clarify

In fact, I would like to count: How many Visits with "2 pageviews" in each visit.

So if like you mentioned, "in separate visit", then each visit will be excluded since each of them include only 1 page view.

Thanks,

H