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Created page with 'A visitor to your web site is typically a human being, manipulating a web browser to retrieve information and accomplish tasks on a web site. A visitor can be a person: * sittin...'

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A visitor to your web site is typically a human being, manipulating a web browser to retrieve information and accomplish tasks on a web site.

A visitor can be a person:
* sitting at a home desktop computer screen
* using a cell phone or other mobile device
* using an internet-enabled device such as a Wii, or television-enabled web browser

Visitors and [[human beings]] are often considered equivalent, however, in the [[web analytics]] world they often are not.

When a visitor arrives at a site (usually via a [[Landing]]) the time they spend on the site is considered a [[Session]]. For the purposes of [[ConversionRuler]], a session ends after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].

Each visitor is identified using a [[Cookie]] when they first visit your site. [[ConversionRuler]] sets two [[cookies]]:
* A "[[User]]" cookie which identifies the visitor across [[Session]]s and never changes.
* A "[[Session]]" cookie which identifies the visitor during their session, and expires after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].

=Visitors vs. Human Beings=
Visitors, of course, TODO

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 Visitors and [[human beings]] are often considered equivalent, however, in the [[web analytics]] world they often are not.
-When a visitor arrives at a site (usually via a [[Landing]]) the time they spend on the site is considered a [[ConversionRuler Session|session]]. For the purposes of [[ConversionRuler]], a session ends after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].
+When a visitor arrives at a site (usually via a [[Landing]]) the time they spend on the site is considered a [[Website Session|session]]. For the purposes of [[ConversionRuler]], a session ends after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].
 Each visitor is identified using a [[Cookie]] when they first visit your site. [[ConversionRuler]] sets two [[Cookie|cookies]]:
 * A "[[Website User|User]]" cookie which identifies the visitor across [[ConversionRuler Session|sessions]] and never changes.
-* A "[[ConversionRuler Session|Session]]" cookie which identifies the visitor during their session, and expires after 30 minutes of inactivity.
+* A "[[Website Session|Session]]" cookie which identifies the visitor during their session, and expires after 30 minutes of inactivity.
 =Visitors vs. Human Beings=

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 Visitors and [[human beings]] are often considered equivalent, however, in the [[web analytics]] world they often are not.
-When a visitor arrives at a site (usually via a [[Landing]]) the time they spend on the site is considered a [[ConversionRuler  Session|session]]. For the purposes of [[ConversionRuler]], a session ends after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].
+When a visitor arrives at a site (usually via a [[Landing]]) the time they spend on the site is considered a [[ConversionRuler Session|session]]. For the purposes of [[ConversionRuler]], a session ends after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].
 Each visitor is identified using a [[Cookie]] when they first visit your site. [[ConversionRuler]] sets two [[Cookie|cookies]]:
-* A "[[ConversionRuler User|User]]" cookie which identifies the visitor across [[ConversionRuler Session|sessions]] and never changes.
+* A "[[Website User|User]]" cookie which identifies the visitor across [[ConversionRuler Session|sessions]] and never changes.
-* A "[[ConversionRuler Session|Session]]" cookie which identifies the visitor during their session, and expires after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].
+* A "[[ConversionRuler Session|Session]]" cookie which identifies the visitor during their session, and expires after 30 minutes of inactivity.
 =Visitors vs. Human Beings=

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 Visitors and [[human beings]] are often considered equivalent, however, in the [[web analytics]] world they often are not.
-When a visitor arrives at a site (usually via a [[Landing]]) the time they spend on the site is considered a [[Session]]. For the purposes of [[ConversionRuler]], a session ends after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].
+When a visitor arrives at a site (usually via a [[Landing]]) the time they spend on the site is considered a [[ConversionRuler  Session|session]]. For the purposes of [[ConversionRuler]], a session ends after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].
 Each visitor is identified using a [[Cookie]] when they first visit your site. [[ConversionRuler]] sets two [[Cookie|cookies]]:
-* A "[[ConversionRuler User|User]]" cookie which identifies the visitor across [[Session]]s and never changes.
+* A "[[ConversionRuler User|User]]" cookie which identifies the visitor across [[ConversionRuler Session|sessions]] and never changes.
 * A "[[ConversionRuler Session|Session]]" cookie which identifies the visitor during their session, and expires after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].

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 Each visitor is identified using a [[Cookie]] when they first visit your site. [[ConversionRuler]] sets two [[Cookie|cookies]]:
-* A "[[User]]" cookie which identifies the visitor across [[Session]]s and never changes.
+* A "[[ConversionRuler User|User]]" cookie which identifies the visitor across [[Session]]s and never changes.
-* A "[[Session]]" cookie which identifies the visitor during their session, and expires after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].
+* A "[[ConversionRuler Session|Session]]" cookie which identifies the visitor during their session, and expires after 30 minutes of [[inactivity]].
 =Visitors vs. Human Beings=
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 [[Category:Glossary]]

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	** Person visits a site at work, then purchases a product from the same site at home		** Person visits a site at work, then purchases a product from the same site at home
	** Person does research from a cell phone, then purchases from a desktop computer		** Person does research from a cell phone, then purchases from a desktop computer
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 * using a cell phone or other mobile device
 * using an internet-enabled device such as a Wii, or television-enabled web browser
 Visitors and [[human beings]] are often considered equivalent, however, in the [[web analytics]] world they often are not.
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 =Visitors vs. Human Beings=
-Visitors, of course, TODO
+In the following cases, a visitor is not equivalent to a single human being: