What is a heatmap and how does it visualize visitor behavior?
Siteimprove's heatmap is a component of Behavior Map. The heatmap is a visual overlay that collects click coordinates (or finger touch coordinates on mobile devices) by all visitors on a specific page. The heatmap maps all visitors' attention by marking the page with colored spots ranging from dark (cold;little attention) to warm (bright; a lot of attention).
Like the other Behavior Map components (click map, scroll map, segmentation map) heatmaps can be used in combination with a filter to analyze the specific behavior of individual visitor segments - an example could be to analyze how traffic from social media is engaging with a landing page. For more on creating filters see "Analytics: Filters, Internal Search and Behavior Maps".
Note: The Siteimprove Heatmap is based on click coordinates and finger touch coordinates and not on eye tracking.
A screenshot showing where on Siteimprove's front page visitors pay most attention to (marked in white/yellow) in Siteimprove's heatmap.
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