Comments on: Search Engine Optimisation – Reducing the Bounce http://www.freelancecopywritersblog.com/1978/search-engine-optimisation-reducing-the-bounce/ Freelance Copywriting, marketing and social media tips Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Soininen http://www.freelancecopywritersblog.com/1978/search-engine-optimisation-reducing-the-bounce/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 Michael Soininen Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:14:19 +0000 http://www.freelancecopywritersblog.com/?p=1978#comment-1525 True, excessive corporate speak and jargon can lead to readers tuning out and leaving your site - potentially never to return. True, excessive corporate speak and jargon can lead to readers tuning out and leaving your site – potentially never to return.

]]> By: admin http://www.freelancecopywritersblog.com/1978/search-engine-optimisation-reducing-the-bounce/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 admin Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:09:45 +0000 http://www.freelancecopywritersblog.com/?p=1978#comment-1521 Hi Nabeel, Yes, the bounce rate is the percentage of people that leave your site immediately after landing on it (within 10 seconds). If your rate is low it means your pages are effective because people are reading them. If they are high, especially for squeeze pages, they are ineffective because they are either not what the reader was looking for, or they aren't engaging enough for people to remain there and find out more. It doesn't necessarily have to be the home page. I hope that helps. Sally Hi Nabeel,

Yes, the bounce rate is the percentage of people that leave your site immediately after landing on it (within 10 seconds). If your rate is low it means your pages are effective because people are reading them. If they are high, especially for squeeze pages, they are ineffective because they are either not what the reader was looking for, or they aren’t engaging enough for people to remain there and find out more.

It doesn’t necessarily have to be the home page.

I hope that helps.

Sally

]]> By: Nabeel | Create Your First Website http://www.freelancecopywritersblog.com/1978/search-engine-optimisation-reducing-the-bounce/comment-page-1/#comment-1520 Nabeel | Create Your First Website Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:23:38 +0000 http://www.freelancecopywritersblog.com/?p=1978#comment-1520 Hi Sally, I thought the bounce rate meant that how many people exit the site from the home page (or a single page), and do not go to any other page on the website. from wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounce_rate : "A bounce occurs when a web site visitor only views a single page on a website, that is, the visitor leaves a site without visiting any other pages before a specified session-timeout occurs." "Bounce rates can be used to help determine the effectiveness or performance of an entry page. An entry page with a low bounce rate means that the page effectively causes visitors to view more pages and continue on deeper into the web site." and from google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=81986 : "Bounce rate is the percentage of single-page visits or visits in which the person left your site from the entrance (landing) page." And coincidently, a squeeze page (a one page website) would have a high bounce rate. Please guide me regarding this, as I am a little confused. The reason I am asking this is because I have a very high bounce rate on my squeeze page, and I was not paying attention to it. Kindest, Nabeel Hi Sally,

I thought the bounce rate meant that how many people exit the site from the home page (or a single page), and do not go to any other page on the website.

from wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounce_rate :

“A bounce occurs when a web site visitor only views a single page on a website, that is, the visitor leaves a site without visiting any other pages before a specified session-timeout occurs.”

“Bounce rates can be used to help determine the effectiveness or performance of an entry page. An entry page with a low bounce rate means that the page effectively causes visitors to view more pages and continue on deeper into the web site.”

and from google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=81986 :

“Bounce rate is the percentage of single-page visits or visits in which the person left your site from the entrance (landing) page.”

And coincidently, a squeeze page (a one page website) would have a high bounce rate.

Please guide me regarding this, as I am a little confused. The reason I am asking this is because I have a very high bounce rate on my squeeze page, and I was not paying attention to it.

Kindest,
Nabeel

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