Yakezie.com - Topic: Question about bounce rate

LaTisha @YoungFinances on Question about bounce rate

Sun, 29 May 2011 13:43:26 +0000

Most of my search engine visitors are 100% bounce. Right now I have about 35% search engine traffic and they make the average bounce rate go up to about 61%.

Glen Craig on Question about bounce rate

Sat, 28 May 2011 05:43:58 +0000

For those with real low bounce rates (I'd say below 80%) - What percentage of your visitors are from search engine traffic?

Just wondering if there are differences due to regular readers who may visit more pages versus SE visitors who find what they want (or don't) and bounce?

freeby50 on Question about bounce rate

Fri, 27 May 2011 10:40:41 +0000

10% seems suspiciously low especially with such a sudden drop from 60-70% range.

I'd look at the average pageviews per visitor before and after the bounce rate dropped. Did it double or tripple or quadruple? You may be catching user hits 2 x or something like that.

Tim on Question about bounce rate

Fri, 27 May 2011 10:15:24 +0000

Mine is usually hovering between 60-70%. I haven't seen any dips since the Panda update, so maybe you're just doing something awesome TSQ!

@ MoneyIsTheRoot - I hadn't thought of that before, but it makes sense.

MoneyIsTheRoot on Question about bounce rate

Fri, 27 May 2011 09:32:45 +0000

Yeah thats pretty much what it means... and if you have a loyal following thats already caught up on your blog, they may only be checking out the newest article.

Invest It Wisely on Question about bounce rate

Fri, 27 May 2011 07:07:50 +0000

Mine's around 75%, and I always thought this was very high.

HOWEVER, doesn't this just mean people visited one page and then left? That's not the most horrible thing in the world.

MoneyIsTheRoot on Question about bounce rate

Fri, 27 May 2011 05:51:25 +0000

My bounce rate is right between 55% - 60%, and that's only because I use excerpts now, forcing my audience to click more.

Pinyo on Question about bounce rate

Thu, 26 May 2011 21:16:49 +0000

In my experience, anything below 60-70% is suspicious. Unless you have a
Forums or social media site.

AccountantByDay on Question about bounce rate

Wed, 25 May 2011 07:19:23 +0000

Well my bounce rate says that it's .66% which can't be right either.

It's not a statistic I pay much attention to, but maybe I should pay even less attention to it :)?

JT_McGee on Question about bounce rate

Tue, 24 May 2011 22:02:30 +0000

Do you have an iframe on the site? It could be that analytics is loading twice on the entry, lowering your bounce rate.

Squirrelers on Question about bounce rate

Tue, 24 May 2011 21:49:37 +0000

Saved Quarter - I had a similar drop last year, where bounce rate plummeted all of a sudden, and stayed at a low level. No other stats seemed affected, just bounce rate. As much as I'd like to take credit for it, I think it's something with Google Analytics :)

The Saved Quarter on Question about bounce rate

Tue, 24 May 2011 20:48:05 +0000

I had a big spike in traffic in March, which may be the thing that has changed the bounce rate. I had a post go viral a bit (almost 8,000 views, where a usual post is about 300) and then had a guest post at GRS, so the spike in traffic made sense. You can see my traffic and bounce rate in the images below. It does look like my average page views went up as the bounce rate went down. Now I just hope I can keep it so low! Here's my bounce rate from March 1 through today. (Click to see the pictures bigger and read the numbers.)

And here is the overview from the same period.

For comparison, here is May 15 through today:

Can you see something I am misinterpreting?

Buy Like Buffett on Question about bounce rate

Tue, 24 May 2011 20:15:11 +0000

A 50% bounce rate would be incredibly low. 10% seems almost impossible.

Glen Craig on Question about bounce rate

Tue, 24 May 2011 19:45:31 +0000

I'd be happy with the 65-70% rate!

If you can figure out what it was to lower your bounce rate please do tell. And rinse-repeat.

The Saved Quarter on Question about bounce rate

Tue, 24 May 2011 14:51:54 +0000

Suba, I had two big traffic sources near the end of March, which might account for some of it, but certainly not the sustained drop! I'm not complaining - happy to have it - just wondering if I did something repeatable!