What Does "Search (Organic)" Means In Traffic Source?

Discussion in 'Google Analytics' started by wokaka, Apr 15, 2010.

  1. #1
    When I go to "Traffic Source" in Google Analytics, I find this stats:

    (direct) ((none)) xxx,xxx visits 50%
    google (organic) xx,xxx visits 30%
    search (organic) xx,xxx visits 15%
    yahoo (organic) xxxx visits 4%
    bing (organic) xxx visits 1%

    Anybody know what "search (organic)" means? Does it mean other search engines compiled like Ask.com?
     
    wokaka, Apr 15, 2010 IP
  2. SOULZRIPPER

    SOULZRIPPER Well-Known Member

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    It simply means natural traffic from search engine results and not from advertisements (ppc and such)
     
    SOULZRIPPER, Apr 15, 2010 IP
  3. pannelli

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    In Website Optimizer all of your traffic, no matter how different the traffic source, is lumped together into a single bin. You might be sending traffic from paid search, organic, and content to the same page. When you view data for an experiment on the page, you'll see aggregate data across all traffic sources...
     
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    M A Kay Active Member

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    It means free traffic that you generate without any advertisements.
     
    M A Kay, Apr 15, 2010 IP
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    It means that you should generate free traffic
     
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  6. wokaka

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    Are you kidding me? Then why it's separated from google (organic), yahoo (organic), and bing (organic), they are search engine and they are also natural
     
    wokaka, Apr 16, 2010 IP