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Session (web analytics)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Web_analytics/F79UAMvw">web analytics</a>, a session, or visit is a unit of measurement of a user's actions taken within a period of time or with regard to completion of a task. Sessions are also used in <a href="/facts/Operational_analytics/KcHrRls0">operational analytics</a> and provision of <a href="/facts/Recommender_system/HjodW6nS">user-specific recommendations</a>. There are two primary methods used to define a session: <a href="/facts/Session_reconstruction/alxtheLf">time-oriented approaches</a> based on continuity in user activity and <a href="/facts/Session_reconstruction/alxtheLf">navigation-based approaches</a> based on continuity in a chain of <a href="/facts/Request%25E2%2580%2593response/2TV4bxJl">requested</a> pages. </p>