The time between a user's first interaction and when they finally convert, often measured in days.
Conversion lag (or time-to-conversion) is the delay between a user's first interaction with your ad or site and the moment they finally convert. For a t-shirt, it might be 5 minutes. For a SaaS enterprise contract, it might be 6 months.
Always look at performance data with a "window" appropriate to your business cycle. If your average lag is 14 days, don't judge a campaign's success until at least 14 days after it ends.
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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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