What's your bounce rate?

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by jwmann2

It really depends on the ease of use on your website, it's content and whether or not you have tons of advertisements.

Depends on a lot more than that.

A landing page which provides exactly what the user is seeking, so that he need look no further, should expect a high bounce rate.

A landing page which interests the user and provides a lot of content, so that he spends more than 30 seconds reading it, should expect a high bounce rate.

A landing page that has a call to action which leads to an off-site page, which includes 3rd party ads, wants a high bounce rate.

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[James2Dylan]

My ping rate is varying between 50-60%. I added clicky and is giving me my rate, plus I get to see who is on my site.

[deepsand]

My ping rate is varying between 50-60%.

Ping rate is neither measured as a percentage nor relevant to bounce rate.

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[ashu2982]

if a user found your site useful then he will go on other pages
which will reduce the bounce rate

well i have two site one has 70-80% while other has less than 10% totally different site and audience

[pyaar]

My bounce rate come from the 56 to 36. It depend on the use of the website. I am having the site for the time pass. And i will not share that site to anyone.Its personal and my personal feeling.Enjoy//

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by ashu2982

if a user found your site useful then he will go on other pages which will reduce the bounce rate

If he finds everything that he needs on the landing page, he will likely not "go on to other pages."

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[Donnie]

Originally Posted by rohansyco

In starting my bounce rate was quite hi about 80 - 85%...

But then i just improve my site navigation,

and give more links on every page..

after that my bounce rate reached to around 60%...

I hope this will help .
thanks

Good job! by reducing your bounce rate you improved your site : )

[Donnie]

Originally Posted by ashu2982

if a user found your site useful then he will go on other pages
which will reduce the bounce rate

well i have two site one has 70-80% while other has less than 10% totally different site and audience

Reducing a bounce rate is helpful in most cases, especially if its your home page.

[Donnie]

Originally Posted by deepsand

If he finds everything that he needs on the landing page, he will likely not "go on to other pages."

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Dont give them everything they need on one page make them click for the second half.

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by Donnie

by reducing your bounce rate you improved your site

Actually, it's the other way around

Originally Posted by Donnie

Dont give them everything they need on one page make them click for the second half.

Making the visitor do additional work simply for the sake of manipulating bounce rate serves no good purpose, and may very well backfire.

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[ofuture]

Bounce rate on my website is nearly 30-40%,
what should i do, any suggestions please?

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by ofuture

Bounce rate on my website is nearly 30-40%,
what should i do, any suggestions please?

See post #556.

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[MarkHeron]

Is it true that bad bounce rate affects rankings? This is worrying because paid traffic campaigns can give you 90%+ bounce rate.

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by MarkHeron

This is worrying because paid traffic campaigns can give you 90%+ bounce rate.

Wherever did you grab this number from? And, just what do you consider to be "paid traffic?"

Originally Posted by MarkHeron

Is it true that bad bounce rate affects rankings?

Given that Google cannot know the bounce rates of those pages which do not employ its GA/Urchin analytical scripts, why would they use that for any more than a minor factor, if at all?

The only place where it would be potentially useful would be for personalized search, whereby your particular behavior is observed with respect to whether or not you are Backspacing from pages that you've visited via links in the organic SERPs within a certain amount of time, which is not a measure of the actual bounce rates of such pages.

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[Donnie]

Originally Posted by deepsand

Actually, it's the other way around

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So your saying if I go from a bounce rate of 30 to a bounce rate of 60 im on the right track? Please provide backing NOT OPINION.

Originally Posted by deepsand

Making the visitor do additional work simply for the sake of manipulating bounce rate serves no good purpose, and may very well backfire.

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Prove this too please.

[Donnie]

Originally Posted by ofuture

Bounce rate on my website is nearly 30-40%,
what should i do, any suggestions please?

Nothing, you have a good bounce rate. The lower the number, the more people are clicking within your site from the page they landed on, in most cases they like what they are reading. When your bounce rate is high its because people are leaving your site without clicking on anything.

There is the case of landing pages and once the user clicks they end up on another one of your sites (External Domain) it might even look identical and the landing page will have a 100% bounce rate, however your in charge of your site and you can see exactly why a page has a high bounce rate.

[deepsand]

Originally Posted by Donnie

by reducing your bounce rate you improved your site

Originally Posted by deepsand

Actually, it's the other way around

Originally Posted by Donnie

So your saying if I go from a bounce rate of 30 to a bounce rate of 60 im on the right track? Please provide backing NOT OPINION.

Please learn to read carefully.

It is not the case that reducing the bounce rate improved the site, but rather that improving the site reduced the bounce rate.

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[deepsand]

Originally Posted by Donnie

Dont give them everything they need on one page make them click for the second half.

Originally Posted by deepsand

Making the visitor do additional work simply for the sake of manipulating bounce rate serves no good purpose, and may very well backfire.

Originally Posted by Donnie

Prove this too please.

Hm-mm; no.

You made the claim that making the visitor do extra work, just so as to manipulate bounce rate, was beneficial.

Prove it.

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[deepsand]

Originally Posted by Donnie

Nothing, you have a good bounce rate. The lower the number, the more people are clicking within your site from the page they landed on, in most cases they like what they are reading. When your bounce rate is high its because people are leaving your site without clicking on anything.

False.

They may have very well heeded a call-to-action on the landing page that led them off-site, just as the site's own/operator wants them to do.

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[cocoaaa45]

The bounce rate from search engine is under 45%.

Under 20% ?
So hard to lead.