newb to analysis

how did it work? where can I get more info on what the numbers mean?

I'm probably not the right person to answer your question, but if you are speaking about numbers shown in computer analysis, they are evaluation points. From what I understand (I don't own chess engine and only rarely use them online) they evaluate position from several points - material, space, developement, threats, attacking chances etc. The number you see then coresponds with material value. That means that +1 is equal to white being up a pawn in otherwise balanced position. Every engine use slightly different equations to calculate the number.

If you are only interested in who is better, then what I use is (from whites pespective):
0 - 0.4 = equal position
0.4 - 0.7 = slight advantage
0.7 - 1 = small advantage
1 - 1.5 = big advantage
1.5 - 2 = almost winning
more that 2 = winning (usually two pawns ahaed or minor piece for a pawn situations)

Computers value positions, or at least report positions value to humans, in hundreths of a pawn.  So + .89 is an advantage of almost a full pawn for white.  (The plus means for white.)  -.12 is a tiny barely noticeable advantage for black.

During human play, the numbers bounce around a lot and you cant over-focus on them.  I forget the official threshhold for a questionable move and a blunder, but generally I pay attention if the computer is showing a move that changes the evaluation by more than a 1/3 of a pawn and see if I can understand the difference between the move I like and the computer's move.  

The other number you might be seeing is the computers search depth, which you can more or less ignore if you have a good program running on good hardware and let it go for at least a little bit.  Even 10 or 15 seconds will likely get you deep enough unless your a master.