How does Google calculates time on page?

[americanquality]

How does Google calculates time on page?

[ajay49560]

Read this link: http://cutroni.com/blog/2012/02/29/understanding-google-analytics-time-calculations/

[fayeseom]

The key to understanding Google Analytics time calculations is understanding the data that is sent to Google. We affectionately refer to these data as HITS. I know, that’s a terrible term to use when talking about analytics. But they really are hits.

Data hits are the image requests sent to Google Analytics. Three are six different types of data hits in Google Analytics:

Pageview hits
Event hits
Ecommerce transaction hits
Ecommerce transaction item hits
User defined hits (this is the predecessor of custom variables)
Social plugin hits

[Sanji]

Google calculates time on page considering two things. It considers if the visit has one pageview or if the visit has multiple page views.

If there is one pageview during a visit, then the time is calculated basing on the time between the initial page hit and the last engagement hit that follows the page hit.

Again, if there are multiple page views during a visit, then the time calculation is based on the start time between the current page and the start time of the next page hit.

[sharmaroshni]

Misunderstood Metrics: Time on Page / Session Duration
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[Educaindia2]

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