Getting Familiar with Metrics Language and Abbreviations
The world of social media, the social web, and metrics seems to come with its own language. Without turning the chapter into a glossary or full-fledged dictionary, I thought I’d quickly cover some terms you’ll continue to hear and see the most while navigating social media metrics:
Analytics: The catchall phrase for the data gathered from people viewing and interacting with your website or a piece of content that you have shared in social media, such as IP address, location, page views, conversions, and so on.
Bandwidth: Can refer to the amount of data being served by your web host (for example, a regular video download uses bandwidth, but a high-quality video download uses more bandwidth) or to the amount of attention your customer has to give your content and engagement.
Bounce rate: When a visitor to your website leaves after only viewing a single page, it’s a bounce. Your bounce rate is a number reflecting the percentage of all visitors who leave after only viewing a single page in a given time frame.
Business objectives: ...
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