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After 30 minutes of inactivity, or after the revisit happens from a different traffic source, a new session starts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Example: <\/b><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your potential visitor finds an article online. In that article there is an anchor text or Call-To-Action that directs traffic to your website. After clicking on it, you\u2019ll gain a visitor. The visitor browses more of your content, then <\/span><b>stops being active for 30 minutes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without closing your website.&nbsp;<\/span><b>After 30 minutes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; and the first session &#8211; expired, the visitor becomes active again (e.g. browses more content, subscribes to newsletter). <\/span><b>This will count as a second session but number of visits is still one<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A session differs from a visit in a way, that it is defined as a group of interactions &#8211; not just pageviews &#8211; &nbsp;performed by the visitor of the website during a timeframe. Each time a visitor performs a desired action, it counts as a session. 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