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How to read heatmaps and recordings to find the leak

Step-by-step help for reading a scroll map, a click map and session recordings, and for installing and checking a heatmap script.

Find the page and element where visitors leave, and confirm the cause in recordings.

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How to read a website heatmap: scroll map, click map and recordings, step by step

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How to read a website heatmap step by step: start with the scroll map, check the click map, split by device, then confirm the cause in recordings.

Bottom line: Read a heatmap in a fixed order. Start with the scroll map to see where attention ends, check the click map for ignored buttons and clicks on things that are not links, split by device, then watch five to ten recordings to learn why. Change one thing and look again.

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What is Plerdy? A heatmap and session replay tool explained, with what it does and what it leaves to other tools

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What Plerdy is: a website analytics service with heatmaps, session replay and funnels, installed with one script, plus how it works and what it leaves out.

Bottom line: Plerdy is a website analytics service for conversion work. You add one script, then use its dashboard for heatmaps, session replays, funnels, error tracking and a free A/B testing tool. A free plan exists. It sits beside a general analytics tool, and its event tracking can send goals to GA4.