What is Margin? (posted: 8/4/2008)

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In Google Analytics margin is essentially net profit in percentage form. For example, we spend $2 on an AdWords ad. A visitor comes our site via this ad and buys $10 worth of products, our net profit is $8. Margin would be calculated as (10-2)/10 = .80. In this case margin would be 80%.