What Does 0 Avg Time on Site Mean? Are these bots?

Discussion in 'Google Analytics' started by AJWebTraffic, Dec 5, 2011.

  1. #1
    Been checking my Google Analytics and seem to be getting a lot of visitors with 0 Avg Time on Site and a high bounce rate.
    What does this mean? Are they bots? How can someone visit my site for 0 seconds?
     
    AJWebTraffic, Dec 5, 2011 IP
  2. Rauny

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    Avg. time on site is the average of all time all visitors spend on the site.

    e.g.- if 10 visitors visit the site during the measured period of time, and 1 visitor spends 60 seconds, 6 spend 120 seconds and 3 spend 240 seconds, the average is:

    ((1x60) + (6 x 120) + (3 x 240)) / 10 = 150

    Then 2 min. 30 seconds is "Avg. time on site"
     
    Rauny, Dec 5, 2011 IP
  3. AJWebTraffic

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    Yes, I understand that but I'm talking about when you drill down into specific visitors. It shows the Avg Time on Site as 0 seconds. How can it be 0 seconds? I'm sure even loading a page will take a few seconds.
     
    AJWebTraffic, Dec 5, 2011 IP
  4. Samrath Gupta

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    They can be bots or your visitors are leaving your page before it is loading...

    Check if your website has a slow loading time or design is good or not.

    Regards
    ~Sam~
     
    Samrath Gupta, Dec 6, 2011 IP
  5. Webgold

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    It can be 0 seconds, this can mean they only visited 1 page, to track how long someone has been on your pages the visitor needs to visit at least 2 pages.
     
    Webgold, Dec 6, 2011 IP
  6. AJWebTraffic

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    I see, so if they only hit my homepage, didn't click around, and left after a few mins it would still show 0?
    Interesting, good to know. Thanks!
     
    AJWebTraffic, Dec 6, 2011 IP
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    May be it's a bots, but i think that when the visitors comes to your website, website will take more load time and visitor will be exit your website, so it also count in 0 Avg time on site..
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    aucharters, Dec 8, 2011 IP