Bloggers: What Is Your Bounce Rate?

[ArtWilliams]

Sorry, I caused you the extra work! Bounce Rate is the percentage of surfers who look at the page that got them to your site and then leave. Eighty-four percent of surfers from Google come to my site and then immediately leave.

|goodidea Thanks to Walrus I have something to work on to improve it.

Originally Posted by T Pat

Hey Art I'm going to start using Google Analytics in the near future so not sure what my bounce rate is.
I don't think mine is that high according to AWStats I get 16.29 Pages/Visit

[HowlingWulf]

Originally Posted by artwilliams

Sorry, I caused you the extra work! Bounce Rate is the percentage of surfers who look at the page that got them to your site and then leave. Eighty-four percent of surfers from Google come to my site and then immediately leave.

|goodidea Thanks to Walrus I have something to work on to improve it.

Yes, but doesn't that bounce rate include those surfers that come to the site and click on a sponsor link? So the bounce rate doesn't really tell you if he hit 'Back' or closed the window or went on to your sponsor and bought a membership, right? That's the way I've understood it.

[ArtWilliams]

Yes, you are right. I think that is why I am bad at this.

Originally Posted by HowlingWulf

Yes, but doesn't that bounce rate include those surfers that come to the site and click on a sponsor link? So the bounce rate doesn't really tell you if he hit 'Back' or closed the window or went on to your sponsor and bought a membership, right? That's the way I've understood it.