Whats the difference between google analytics and search console? Because i get different data on the two tools. Also on google search console, it says that there is 10 clicks, but none of the queries have any clicks. Then how did i event get the 10?
On GSC it says 10 clicks, and on analytics it says 51 users and 50 new users. What does all of this mean? Could anyone also explain some of the other terms please?
GSC: https://imgur.com/a/vrzGwah
Analytics: https://imgur.com/a/tvCoeUP
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Search Console Clicks VS Analytics Organic Sessions
Google Search Console is search engine focused - shows visibility and presence in the Search Engine Results Page (SERPs).
Google Analytics is user-oriented - providing data related to those who visit and interact with the website
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We all are facing the same situation while the answer is very simple. I am putting the my experience with discussing with few analyst Guy regarding the same.
GWT (Search Console) - This data directly comes from the Google Search repository databases.
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GA (Google Analytics) - This data only counts when your GA Script loaded successfully into the browser. (Clicks, Sessions, etc)
It happened because of the data reflected into account API with different sources.
Google Analytics is more accurate than Google Webmaster. Google Analytics Measures users interactivity on a website. Google Webmaster mostly describe website structure, keyword relevancy and a brief idea about keywords.
After some additional research, I was able to figure this out.
When a person clicks a Google job posting to view the job listing on Google, this is considered a click and is labelled as "Job listing" under the Search Appearance tab.
If the user is interested in the job and then clicks on the Apply button to be taken to the website, this is considered a click as well and is labelled as "Job details". Obviously, only this click is tracked in Google Analytics.
Google Search Console uses Clicks which will count every time a person clicks on your results in the SERPs, regardless of whether it is the same person or if there are multiple clicks in a short period of time.
In your Google Analytics custom report, you are using Users, a calculated GA metric based on a single identifier (Client ID or User ID).
How can we explain the differences in your reports?
- If a person performs several Google searches and clicks three times on your results within 30 minutes, GSC will show 3 clicks but GA will show only 1 user. You should use
Sessionsinstead ofUsersin your custom report. - If a person clicks twice on your results in the SERPs within 30 minutes, Google Analytics will only record as a
Landing pagethe first URL that was visited (essentially the arrival point during that session). UsingLanding pageas a dimension in your custom report will exclude actual organic traffic. In this case, there is no quick fix to get the data, since if you usePageinstead ofLanding Pageyou will get the organic sessions that went through those URLs but not just the ones that were arrival point.
In summary, you are not using the correct metric/dimension in Google Analytics to get the data you are looking for. In the following image, assuming that all page views are organic and first access (landing page), the results would be:
- GSC: 9 clicks
- GA: 1 user, 3 sessions, 3 landing pages, 9 pageviews