A/B Testing
A controlled experiment comparing two versions of a page, ad, or email to determine which performs better for a defined metric. Statistical significance is required before declaring a winner and rolling out changes.
How A/B Testing works in practice
The most common mistake in A/B testing is stopping tests early based on apparent winners before reaching statistical significance — false positives peak around 20–30% of the required sample size and then regress. At 95% confidence with a 10% minimum detectable effect, most e-commerce pages require 500–2,000 conversions per variant depending on baseline conversion rate. A/B tests should test one hypothesis per experiment — changing multiple elements simultaneously (multivariate testing) requires significantly more traffic to detect effects and makes attribution of improvement ambiguous. Tools like Optimizely, VWO, and AB Tasty handle significance calculations automatically; when running experiments in GA4, use Explore's Experimentation feature or a dedicated stats calculator to avoid premature conclusions.
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The systematic process of increasing the percentage of visitors who take a desired action, using data, UX research, and controlled experiments rather than guesswork. CRO compounds ROAS improvements without increasing ad spend.
A standalone page designed to receive traffic from a specific campaign and drive a single conversion action. Effective landing pages have message match with the ad, a clear CTA, social proof, and minimal navigation distractions.
Mapping and measuring the sequential steps users take toward a conversion goal. Funnel analysis pinpoints where users drop off so optimisation effort is directed at the highest-impact bottlenecks.
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