Every question this site answers
56 of them, and this is all of them. The guides go through the ones that need an argument; the rest are answered where the feature lives, so the link takes you to the answer rather than to a summary of it.
Jump toReading your traffic18Conversion and funnels7Visitors who come back9Privacy, cookies and what is recorded10Plans, switching and setup12
Reading your traffic
18The report most weeks start in
- What is web analytics?Report/web-analytics
- What is the difference between a visitor and a visit?Report/web-analytics
- Does VisitWatch sample data?Report/web-analytics
- How do I check how much traffic my website gets?Report/website-traffic
- Why did my traffic drop?Report/website-traffic
- Are campaigns separated from organic referrals?Report/website-traffic
- How quickly do visits appear?Report/realtime-analytics
- What counts as a visitor on site now?Report/realtime-analytics
- Should I make decisions from the realtime view?Report/realtime-analytics
- Why did my website traffic drop?Guide/guides/why-did-my-website-traffic-drop
- How do I tell a tracking problem from a traffic problem?Guide/guides/why-did-my-website-traffic-drop
- Which date range should I compare against?Guide/guides/why-did-my-website-traffic-drop
- Is every traffic drop worth fixing?Guide/guides/why-did-my-website-traffic-drop
- What is bounce rate?Guide/guides/what-is-bounce-rate
- Is a high bounce rate bad?Guide/guides/what-is-bounce-rate
- What is a good bounce rate?Guide/guides/what-is-bounce-rate
- When should I act on bounce rate?Guide/guides/what-is-bounce-rate
- Can I track custom events?Product/web-analytics
Conversion and funnels
7Where people stop, and which step is worth the work
- What is a conversion funnel?Report/funnel-analytics
- Should funnel steps be pages or events?Report/funnel-analytics
- Which step should I work on first?Report/funnel-analytics
- Why does funnel conversion differ from my overall conversion rate?Report/funnel-analytics
- How do I find where users drop off?Guide/guides/how-to-find-funnel-drop-off
- Which funnel step should I fix first?Guide/guides/how-to-find-funnel-drop-off
- Why does the average funnel look fine when conversion fell?Guide/guides/how-to-find-funnel-drop-off
Visitors who come back
9Retention, cohorts and the groups behind an average
- What is a cohort?Report/retention-analytics
- What counts as a returning visitor?Report/retention-analytics
- Why does the newest cohort have so few columns?Report/retention-analytics
- What is user segmentation?Report/user-segmentation
- Which segments are worth building first?Report/user-segmentation
- Can segments be applied to funnels and retention?Report/user-segmentation
- Can I track my marketing site and my app together?Product/saas-analytics
- Can I measure signups as a goal?Product/saas-analytics
- Does retention work for anonymous visitors?Product/saas-analytics
Privacy, cookies and what is recorded
10What leaves the browser, and what never does
- Do I still need a cookie banner?Product/privacy-friendly-analytics
- What data is actually recorded?Product/privacy-friendly-analytics
- Can I identify an individual visitor?Product/privacy-friendly-analytics
- Is this the same as session recording?Product/website-visitor-tracking
- Does it work on single page applications?Product/website-visitor-tracking
- How does analytics work without cookies?Guide/guides/cookieless-analytics-explained
- What do you lose without cookies?Guide/guides/cookieless-analytics-explained
- Are cookieless numbers less accurate?Guide/guides/cookieless-analytics-explained
- How does VisitWatch track visitors?Product/website-visitor-tracking
- Does VisitWatch use cookies?Product/privacy-friendly-analytics
Plans, switching and setup
12Cost, limits, and moving from another tool
- Is there a free trial?Billing/pricing
- What counts as a monthly visitor?Billing/pricing
- What happens if I go over my limit?Billing/pricing
- Can I use one plan for several sites?Billing/pricing
- Can I export my data?Billing/pricing
- Is simple analytics enough for a growing site?Product/simple-web-analytics
- How long does setup take?Product/simple-web-analytics
- Can I still send my own events?Product/simple-web-analytics
- Do I need to remove Google Analytics to use VisitWatch?Product/google-analytics-alternative
- Why do the visitor numbers differ between tools?Product/google-analytics-alternative
- Can I import my Google Analytics history?Product/google-analytics-alternative
- Is VisitWatch a full replacement?Product/google-analytics-alternative
Not here?
This page is the whole list, so a question missing from it is one we have not answered yet. Inside the app the assistant will take it against your own numbers, which is the one thing a page like this cannot do.
Answer them against your own traffic
Every question above is answerable from the reports in the box, with no configuration step.