Analytics Glossary


This is a glossary of analytics metrics reported by SearchStax Studio.

Description Example
Total Searches Total Number of Search Requests in the selected time interval. These include searches with results and searches with no results
No Result Searches Total Number of Searches that resulted in zero results.
Searches with Results Total Number of Searches that resulted in 1 or more results being shown to the user
Impressions Results shown to the user as the result of a search
Hits Number of items that match this search.
Total Searches with Clicks Total Number of Searches with at least one click on a result item.
Total Clicks Total Number of clicks on the Search Results that were shown to the user
Click-Through Rate Click-Through Rate is the percentage of tracked searches that generated at least one click on a result.
Mathematically it is (Number of searches with at least 1 click / Total Searches) * 100
Searches with Clicks Total Number of Searches that resulted in a Click Through Event
Avg Click Position Average of the positions of the impressions that were clicked in the list of results
Average Search Latency Average Latency across all Searches
Total Sessions Total number of user sessions when a search was fired. A user can execute multiple searches in a session.
Searches per Session Number of Searches per session.
Mathematically, it is Total Searches / Total Sessions
Search Exits The number of searches made immediately before leaving the site
% Search Exits Search Exits / Total Unique Searches
% No Results Percent of Total Searches that produced zero results.
MRR Mean Reciprocal Rank. The average of 1/Click Position for all click-through events. It normalizes the score to the range 0 to 1, with 1 being best.
Total Impressions Total Number of Impressions shown across all searches
Total Clicks Total Number of Clicks that were made on the shown impressions
Item Click-Through Rate Percentage of Total Impressions that received a click-through event.
Mathematically, it is  (Total Clicks / Total Impressions) * 100
Searches with Related Searches Number of total searches that offered at least one Related Search.
Related Searches with Clicks Number of Related Searches that were launched by the search user.
Related Searches Click-Through Rate “Related Searches with Clicks” divided by “Searches with Related Searches” x 100.

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