Learning Google Analytics

Metric

Metric refers to attributes of your data (i.e. city). I can compare different metrics such as total number of sessions versus total number of page views by hour, day, week, or month.

Dimension

A dimension (i.e. sessions) is a quantitative measurement 

Google Analytics 

Google Analytics is for tracking web traffic (e-commerce, social networking sites like YouTube). Setting up Google Analytics on my Blogger lets me track audience demographics and behaviour, which includes the total number of visitors, geography, devices used, duration of visit, etc. It monitors user engagement and helps to increase conversion rates.


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