Google Analytics Real-Time Statistics
For ages, ever since I’ve been using Google Analytics, I’ve been waiting until midnight has passed to check the visitor stats for the previous day. Now I’ve found that I can get real-time stats from Google Analytics. To see visitor stats for the current day, go to your Google Analytics account and just click on the date range combo in the Dashboard for your site. Then click on today’s date - the Analytics then switches to show the stats - visitor count, page views and so on - for today. Hee’s a picture of what I mean:
Switching on Google Analytics Real-Time Stats
The statistics shown aren’t quite real-time - there seems to be a one or two hour delay between updates to the stats shown. However, if your site is like mine and most visits occur during normal business hours, you can get a pretty good picture of how many visitors you’ve had by the end of the working day.
I find that this can be quite deceiving and depressing to check on the same day! You could get a rush in the evening and completely make or break your day lol