A single-page session with no interaction. High bounce rates can signal poor UX, irrelevant content, or slow loading times.
A bounce typically means a user viewed one page and then left without triggering another tracked interaction. Bounces aren’t automatically “bad”: some pages answer the question quickly (glossary entries, contact details), while others should guide a user deeper (service pages, product pages).
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Acquisition Channel
The source through which users find your website - such as organic search, paid search, social media, or referrals.
Acquisition Cost (CPA)
Cost Per Acquisition - the average amount spent to generate one booking, enquiry or conversion.
Anonymous Traffic
Website visits where user data or referrer information is not available due to privacy settings or tracking restrictions.
Attribution Model
A rule that determines how credit for conversions is assigned to different marketing touchpoints (e.g., first click, last click, data-driven).
Average Position
A metric indicating where a page typically ranks in search results for a given query. Replaced by average ranking in GA4.
Behaviour Flow
A report in analytics tools showing how users navigate between pages and where they drop off.
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