It is why Google Analytics reports a longer time on an individual page than on a complete session.īut Google can record scroll depth quite accurately.
So it records zero time for session duration. If a site visitor leaves a page open in a browser tab, even for days, without a click, Google can’t calculate the time. On the last page, there is no next page recorded, so the Time on Page is unknown (recorded as 0) and the Session Duration ends when they opened the last page.” This happens because Google uses the time of the next page view to determine the time you spent looking at the current page. “Google Analytics Time on Page and Google Analytics Session Duration are typical examples until you discover one not-so-obvious fact: Google can’t measure the time a user spent looking at the last page of their visit to your site. Analytics Edge explains the problem this way. It can only record time if there is a trigger action such as clicking a link on a page or clicking a menu item to navigate to another page. If you use Google Analytics, you will know that Google can’t count the time a reader spends on a web page. It doesn’t matter if it is 20 pages or 1,000 pages. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”Īn ebook is similar to a web page because you scroll from top to bottom. “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “Refer to our Terms and Conditions.”ĭouglas Adams could well have been referring to Amazon in this quote. If you ever want a definitive answer to a why question, don’t bother asking KPD help or Amazon Customer Relations because you will always get the same response. Particularly in the response from Amazon when you ask why, about anything?
I can’t vouch for the honesty of the authors in this article on Yahoo News, but their stories ring true when you have a problem as an author with Amazon. Why? Because scammers and ebook stuffers using jump links are scooping up a sizeable percentage of the monthly pot, and Amazon is having all sorts of trouble dealing with it.Īmazon knows there is a problem, and as usual, has reacted with a sledgehammer that has hit a few scammers.īut also adversely affected honest authors who had no idea that they had done anything wrong. Note on Kindle word count Words count for authorsīut for honest authors, Amazon’s inability to calculate exactly how many words and pages a reader indeed reads of a Kindle book via their Kindle Unlimited subscription services is costing authors a lot of money.
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