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Metrics dictionary

Marketing metrics, explained clearly.

What each metric means, how it is calculated, and how LDOO explains it from your live data. Every definition here matches how LDOO interprets your numbers — so you know exactly what you are reading.

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Cost metrics

How much you are paying to reach, engage, and convert your audience.

Cost Per Acquisition

CPA

The average cost to acquire one conversion — a purchase, lead, signup, or other goal event.

Total Spend / Total Conversions
How LDOO explains this

LDOO pulls spend and conversion data from Google Ads and Meta Ads and calculates CPA per campaign, ad group, or keyword level. CPA is inverted — lower is better — so LDOO shows green when CPA decreases and red when it increases.

Lower is better — LDOO shows green when this metric decreases.
Google AdsMeta AdsLinkedIn Ads

Cost Per Click

CPC

The average cost each time someone clicks on your ad.

Total Spend / Total Clicks
How LDOO explains this

LDOO reports CPC at the campaign, ad group, and keyword level. It is inverted — lower is better. When CPC rises, LDOO identifies the likely driver: competition, quality score changes, or audience shifts.

Lower is better — LDOO shows green when this metric decreases.
Google AdsMeta AdsLinkedIn Ads

Cost Per Mille

CPM

The cost per 1,000 impressions. Measures how much you pay to show your ad to a thousand people.

(Total Spend / Total Impressions) x 1,000
How LDOO explains this

LDOO tracks CPM trends over time and flags unusual spikes. Rising CPM often signals increased auction competition or audience saturation — LDOO names the primary driver.

Lower is better — LDOO shows green when this metric decreases.
Google AdsMeta AdsLinkedIn Ads

Cost Per Lead

CPL

The average cost to generate one lead — typically a form submission, demo request, or contact.

Total Spend / Total Leads
How LDOO explains this

LDOO calculates CPL when the conversion event is a lead rather than a purchase. It compares CPL across campaigns and time periods and identifies which audiences deliver the most affordable leads.

Lower is better — LDOO shows green when this metric decreases.
Google AdsMeta AdsLinkedIn Ads
02

Conversion metrics

How effectively your marketing turns attention into action.

Return On Ad Spend

ROAS

Revenue generated for every dollar spent on advertising. A ROAS of 4.0 means $4 revenue per $1 spent.

Revenue / Ad Spend
How LDOO explains this

LDOO calculates ROAS per campaign and compares it against prior periods. When ROAS drops, LDOO identifies whether the cause is rising spend, declining revenue, or both — and which campaigns are responsible.

Google AdsMeta AdsShopify

Conversion Rate

CVR

The percentage of visitors or clicks that complete a desired action.

Conversions / Total Clicks (or Sessions) x 100
How LDOO explains this

LDOO reports conversion rate at the campaign, landing page, and audience level. It compares current vs prior period and names the most likely driver when the rate shifts.

Google AdsMeta AdsGA4Shopify
03

Engagement metrics

How your audience interacts with your content and campaigns.

Click-Through Rate

CTR

The percentage of impressions that result in a click. Measures how compelling your ad or listing is.

Clicks / Impressions x 100
How LDOO explains this

LDOO reports CTR across ads, keywords, and search queries. Low CTR with high impressions often signals a relevance or creative problem — LDOO flags this pattern explicitly.

Google AdsMeta AdsSearch ConsoleLinkedIn Ads

Bounce Rate

Bounce Rate

The percentage of sessions where the user left after viewing only one page.

Single-page Sessions / Total Sessions x 100
How LDOO explains this

LDOO reports bounce rate by landing page and traffic source. Bounce rate is inverted — lower is better. When bounce rate rises, LDOO checks whether the cause is a traffic source shift, landing page change, or page speed issue.

Lower is better — LDOO shows green when this metric decreases.
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Average Session Duration

Avg Duration

The average time a user spends on your site in a single session.

Total Session Duration / Total Sessions
How LDOO explains this

LDOO reports session duration by source, landing page, and device. Short sessions from a high-spend campaign often indicate a targeting or landing page mismatch.

GA4

Average Position

Avg Position

The average ranking position of your site in Google search results for a given query.

Sum of Positions / Number of Impressions
How LDOO explains this

LDOO tracks average position per query and per page. Position is inverted — lower numbers are better. LDOO shows green when position improves (moves toward 1) and red when it drops.

Lower is better — LDOO shows green when this metric decreases.
Search Console
04

Traffic metrics

How many people are reaching your site and where they come from.

Sessions

Sessions

The total number of visits to your site within a given time period. A single user can have multiple sessions.

Count of individual site visits
How LDOO explains this

LDOO breaks down sessions by source, medium, campaign, and landing page. It compares current vs prior period and identifies which channels are driving growth or decline.

GA4

Users

Users

The number of unique visitors to your site within a given time period.

Count of unique user identifiers
How LDOO explains this

LDOO reports total users, new users, and returning users. It segments by source so you can see which channels are bringing new audiences vs returning ones.

GA4

Impressions

Impr

The number of times your ad, listing, or page was shown to a user.

Count of ad or listing displays
How LDOO explains this

LDOO tracks impressions across ads and search listings. Declining impressions with stable budgets often indicate audience exhaustion or bidding strategy changes — LDOO surfaces the cause.

Google AdsMeta AdsSearch ConsoleLinkedIn Ads
05

Revenue metrics

The financial outcomes of your marketing activity.

Revenue

Revenue

The total monetary value generated from sales, conversions, or transactions.

Sum of transaction values
How LDOO explains this

LDOO reports revenue from Shopify and Google Ads conversion values. It trends revenue daily and weekly, compares to the prior period, and identifies which campaigns or products are driving changes.

ShopifyGoogle Ads

Average Order Value

AOV

The average dollar amount spent per order.

Total Revenue / Total Orders
How LDOO explains this

LDOO calculates AOV from Shopify data and compares it over time. Rising AOV with stable order count signals successful upselling; declining AOV with rising orders may indicate discounting.

Shopify
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FAQ

Common questions about how LDOO handles marketing metrics.

No. You see the same metric definitions the source platforms use—CPA, ROAS, CTR, and the rest are calculated from raw data exactly as each platform defines them. The difference is you get a plain-English explanation, not just the figure.

For example questions that use these metrics, see the questions library. For the full technical detail on how LDOO generates answers, see how it works.

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