Time on page: What happens when I open many tabs?

[seomasterbrasil]

Hello everyone,

I was studying Analytics, and checked that the time on page is calculated by the diference of the time you entered the page and when you click to go to another one.

But how the time is calculated when I open several links using new tabs in different moments?

Does Google counts the last tab? Just a guess...

Thanks!

[mikecp]

In calculating time on site, the last pageview does not factor into the equation. It is true, as Vahe said, that the session will end at 30 mins. But the last pageview never gets a time on page # and is not factored into the time on site #.

All time on site/page calculations depend on the next pageview (still within the same session). One odd example to consider: I click a link on a page. Open a new tab and surf elsewhere. I come back to that original tab and click onto the next page BEFORE 30 mins have elapsed (without starting a new session, otherwise). In that case, the original pageview has a very long time on page.

Mike

[Vahe.Arabian]

After 31 mins it will be counted just as an additional visitor not a unique visitor

[Highland]

Are you talking about multiple sites in multiple tabs or just opening several tabs from the same site? It should count your separate tabs as one visit opening all those pages.