Behavior that affects visits

If a visitor performs any of these actions, a new visit starts:

  • Deletes their cookies mid-session and continues browsing your site
  • Leaves your site open in a tab for longer than 30 minutes, then continues browsing
  • Opens a different browser and navigates to your site on the same computer
  • The same person browsing your site on different devices

If a visitor performs any of these actions, a new visit does not start as long as there is less than 30 minutes between consecutive hits:

  • Closes their browser, then navigates to your site again
  • Restarts their computer, opens the same browser, and navigates to your site again
  • Transitions to a different network, such as disconnecting from a wired network docking station to a wireless network
  • Browses your site in multiple tabs. If a visitor switches back and forth between tabs, each hit counts as part of the same visit.

Change the definition of a visit

You can change the definition of a visit to a time other than 30 minutes.

  • For Virtual report suites, you can change the visit timeout (time between hits which causes a new visit to start)) using the Visit timeout drop-down list. You can change visit timeout to any reasonable value.
  • For standard report suites, contact Customer Care to request visit timeout (time between hits which causes a new visit to start) be shortened for a given report suite. Visit timeout for standard report suites cannot exceed 30 minutes, so you can only shorten it.