Tracking time spent on a section of a website in Google Analytics
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Hi,
I've been asked by a client to track time spent or number of pages visited on a specific section of their website using Google Analytics but can't see how to do this.
For example, they have a "golf" section within their site and want to measure how many people either visit 5 page or more within the golf section or spend at least 6 minutes browsing the various golf section pages.
Can anyone advise how if this can be done, and if so, how I go about it.
Thanks
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Thanks very much for your reply, really appreciate it. I'll definitely check out Tag Manager.
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Use Google Tag Manager: http://www.google.com/tagmanager/
Google Tag Manager allows you to set different "goals", "events", and other criteria. It also links directly to GA, showing the data from GTM as you set it. For example, on one of my client's sites, we use GTM to see how many people use a special offer we have set up, as well as how many conversions are made directly from the homepage, and how many visitors view but don't purchase anything from the small delivery pages we made.
Any amalgamation of pages, processes, triggers, goals, etc. can be made into a specific, tracked item with pertinent information. I also suggest taking time to acquaint yourself with the FAQs for GTM, as it can get as complicated as you desire.
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