Glossary
KPIs
Metrics for detecting anti-patterns and measuring fixes.
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Consent prompt abandonment
↓ lowerShare of sessions that exit or hard-back after seeing a consent prompt before making a valid choice.
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Consent script latency
↓ lowerPage-load or interaction-readiness delay introduced by consent-management scripts and blocked third-party tags.
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Early exit after first scroll
↓ lowerShare of sessions that exit, refresh, or go back shortly after the first scroll interaction on a page.
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Engagement time
↑ higherActive interaction time per session or active user, measured by the analytics tool (e.g., GA4 active foreground time).
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Footer reach rate
↑ higherShare of eligible sessions where the user reaches the footer or uses footer-level support, policy, account, or contact links.
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Form start-to-completion rate
↑ higherShare of form starts that result in a successful submit, segmented by new vs. returning visitors.
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Guest-path share
↑ higherShare of users who choose a guest / browse-without-account path when one is offered.
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Hard-CTA misfire rate
↓ lowerShare of primary-CTA clicks immediately followed by a back-navigation or exit on the next screen.
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Icon interpretation accuracy
↑ higherShare of users who correctly predict what an icon or signifier will do before activating it.
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Landing-page bounce rate
↓ lowerShare of sessions on a first-touch landing page that end without meaningful engagement.
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Orientation CTA CTR
↑ higherClick-through rate on information-seeking CTAs — "Learn more," "How it works," "See pricing," "Compare options."
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P75 INP
↓ lowerThe 75th percentile Interaction to Next Paint for pages where scrolling, tapping, keyboard navigation, or section changes should respond quickly.
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Preference panel completion rate
↑ higherShare of users who open consent preferences and successfully save, reject all, or accept selected categories.
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Privacy complaint rate
↓ lowerPrivacy, cookie, consent, or access complaints per exposed session or per active user.
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Rage-scroll rate
↓ lowerShare of sessions with repeated rapid wheel, touch, trackpad, scrollbar, or keyboard-scroll attempts that do not produce meaningful progress.
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Return-to-list success
↑ higherShare of users who return from a detail page to the same list position or to the expected item without extra recovery work.
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Return-visit assisted conversion
↑ higherConversions whose first touch was a non-converting session — the orientation-first path that closes later.
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Scroll-depth drop-off
↓ lowerConcentrated loss of users at a scroll depth, snap boundary, pinned scene, false ending, or loading sentinel.
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Sign-up wall abandonment
↓ lowerShare of sign-up-wall views that result in `back` or `exit` rather than a sign-up start.
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Step-level drop-off
↓ lowerPer-step abandonment rate in a multi-step funnel, with particular attention to the first step after a CTA click.
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Support-contact rate
↓ lowerRate at which users contact support or chat from first-touch surfaces, especially with orientation-level questions.
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Task success rate
↑ higherShare of users who complete a defined task under the success criteria set before testing.
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Unintended activation rate
↓ lowerShare of consequential control activations followed quickly by reversal, recovery, restart, complaint, or support behavior.
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Valid consent rate
↑ higherShare of users who make an explicit accept, reject, or saved-preferences choice through a balanced consent UI.