Recently, the Google Analytics team made a change to how sessions are defined in GA:Before- More than 30 minutes have elapsed between pageviews for a single visitor.- At the end of a day.- When a visitor closes their browser.After- More than 30 minutes have elapsed between pageviews for a single visitor.- At the end of a day.- When any traffic source value for the user changes. Traffic source information includes:utm_source, utm_medium, utm_term, utm_content, utm_id, utm_campaign, and gclid.This change does NOT apply to historical data, only new data collected after August 11th. While this may slightly increase the number of visits you see for your site (the Google Analytics teams expects less... Read More

Since last week, we have been updating you all on the status of an issue that Google Analytics was having with April 2011 data using advanced segments, custom reports, or secondary dimensions.We are happy to report that as of 4pm yesterday, the affected data has been fully restored. Below is the update from the Google Analytics team:=================================Update 5/18/11 1:40 PM PST our estimate. Data for April using advanced segments, custom reports, or secondary dimensions has been restored.=================================It's rare that Google Analytics will have a major issue such as this one, but should something like this arise again, we will ... Read More

Last week, we posted several updates from the Google Analytics team regarding the issue they are having with April 2011 data when applying advanced segments, secondary dimensions, or custom reports.On Friday evening, they posted the following update:-----------------------------------------------------------Update 5/13/11 3:45 PM PST... Read More

As we have been reporting over the past few days, Google Analytics has reported issues with April 2011 data when applying advanced segments, secondary dimensions, or custom reports.Yesterday, the GA team released the following statement:===============================================Update 5/11/11 10:30 AM PST working hard to make the April data fully available in your Analytics reports. Our current timeline for restoring full functionality for April data is approximately 12 days, May 23rd. We're doing what we can to shorten this period. We're restoring the data day by day so you will see it come in to your account over time and not all at once. ... Read More

As we reported here yesterday, Google Analytics has reported issues with April 2011 data when applying advanced segments, secondary dimensions, or custom reports.As of this morning, this issue has yet to be resolved, although Google is working on correcting the issue.The Google Analytics team will be providing an update on the issue on May 15th, as reported here: http://www.google.com/analytics/status#rm=1&di=14&ddo=1&hl=en. We'll keep you all posted on any updates as we get them. Read More