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Elapsed Time Rules
Each time a user on the network accesses a Web site, this
activity is logged as one or more visit(s) to that site. The
amount of time a user spends on that site and the number of
times he/she accesses that site is tracked according to the
following rules:
• A user will be logged as having visited a Web site one
time if the amount of time spent on any pages at that site
is equivalent to the value entered at the Elapse Time
field, or less than that value.
For example, if the value entered at the Elapse Time field
is 10 seconds, and if the user is at a site between one to
10 seconds—on the same page or on any other page
within the same site—the user’s activity will be tracked
as one visit to that Web site.
• Each time the user exceeds the value entered at the
Elapse Time field, the user will be tracked as having
visited the site an additional time.
For example, if the value entered at the Elapse Time field
is 10 seconds and the user remains at a Web site for 12
seconds, two visits to that site will be logged for him/her.
• Each session at a Web site is tracked as one or more
visit(s), depending on the duration of the session. A
session is defined as a user’s activity at a site that begins
when the user accesses the site and ends when the user
exits the site.
For example, if the value entered at the Elapse Time field
is 10 seconds and the user spends five seconds on a
Web site, then exits, then returns to the same site for
another 15 seconds, the user will have two sessions or
three visits to that site logged for him/her (5 seconds = 1
visit, 15 seconds = 2 visits, for a total of 3 visits).