Comments on: Is Bounce Rate a Blog Disease?

By: Tom Whitney

Tom Whitney — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:42:52 +0000

I’m embarrassed to say that I never knew what the bounce rate meant. Thanks for your explanation. It really does tell you more about what your page has to offer than the other statistics do.

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By: Zuzeeko

Zuzeeko — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:46:32 +0000

Very informative. I’m “obsessed” with my blog’s statistics. I check it all the time, especially the bounce rate. I think my blog is good but the bounce rate is still above 60%. It’s improving, though.

By: Steve Trefethen

Steve Trefethen — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:23:17 +0000

Great read and some valuable suggestions. I’ve reduced my bounce rate some this past year but I have one page that captures a lot of traffic and it’s largely unrelated to the rest of my blog so I think the stats tend to get a bit skewed.

By: The Straight Dope Dad

The Straight Dope Dad — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:05:34 +0000

Yeah bounce rates are very subjective. A shopping site should have a lower bounce rate that say a highly topic specific blog. But that still depends. A high bounce rate could mean that most people find exactly what they are looking for, are happy, then leave (or buy). My fatherhood blog has a really high bounce rate, but I can tell by my stats that they are also reading the entire post ( average time spent per page is quite high). So they are clearly finding exactly what they want and then leaving which is fine considering my two most poplar posts are about “potty training”, and “how to get more sex from your wife”. Chances are if that’s what you’re looking for, you’re probably not too interested in the post about “raising vegetarian children” or “getting a vasectomy”.

By: ravi

ravi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:36:15 +0000

my personal development website has a bounce rate of 1.8 percent, honestly i find it weird to have such a low number even though i have 7 pitch pages spread out into the websiet

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By: jbarber

jbarber — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:51:24 +0000

Good article but I’m gonna throw this out there: Could it be that the search engines are still pretty terrible at sending visitors to the right sites? I know that may be blasphemy to Google fanboys and girls but let’s say the internet-wide bounce rate is somewhere between 40-50% – that means search engines barely send people to the right site every other time!

I’ll do my part to try to improve my bounce rate but I hope the search engines are doing their part as well – half the visits that should be coming to my site are going to the wrong site! (think about that one…)

By: farouk

farouk — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:16:36 +0000

my personal development website has a bounce rate of 1.8 percent, honestly i find it weird to have such a low number even though i have 7 pitch pages spread out into the websiet!

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By: Ganesh - Online Bull

Ganesh - Online Bull — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:42:27 +0000

Hi there. This is the first time that I’ve visited this blog.

I was surprised when I checked the stats for my new internet marketing blog. Its at 2%! Is it good? Or is it very bad? I’d love to know more about it.

By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:48:03 +0000

Paul, welcome to Blogsessive and thank you for your kind words! I’m glad that this article helped you better understand your stats.

By: ...paul

...paul — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:44:43 +0000

I just came across this article while doing some research on “Bounce Rate”, which I didn’t really understand. Thanks, it has been a great help. I tend not to worry too much about my stats, but it began to annoy me that I didn’t really understand what one of them was telling me. Hopefully I understand a bit more now.

And the rest of your blog looks pretty helpful too. Just what I need, a source of good help with the subject area of blogging.

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By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:06:05 +0000

@Michael: No reason to “feel guilty”. Nice to have you back! Indeed, not everyone puts a lot of weight on their stats, especially when their blog is more of a diary, even if a public one.

By: Michael Hoppal

Michael Hoppal — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:58:19 +0000

I feel kind of bad now for contributing to your bounce rate. Back in maybe early August or late July, I would check this site like five times a day, and just leave since there was nothing to read…

Gah, way to go. Now I feel guilty.

In all seriousness, I’m not concerned about my stats. I blog for myself as a way to see how my writing evolves, how my interests change, and what I care about from time to time. I also do productivity tips because I enjoy learning them and this is one way to remember them, and I figure if somebody’s interested, it’s nice for them to have some advice.

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By: member101

member101 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:31:46 +0000

if you want to learn more about ur bounce rate take a look at http://www.pagealizer.com
they have nice bounce charts

By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:25:49 +0000

@Alina: Enjoy your vacation!

@stefan: That’s not Blogsessive’s bounce rate, and even so, that sample shows very good improvement in a short period. Anyway, I’m in the process of reconsidering a few things in Blogsessive’s design.

By: stefan alexandru

stefan alexandru — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:35:58 +0000

If that is your bounce rate, i recommend you erase the “Recommended Reading on Blogsessive” from your main page, and put it somewhere in single.php right before “More Blogsessive Content”, in my opinion when somebody enters a site, they would like to see real content, not just links, and seeing that your header occupies a lot of space, well maby some people just exit really really fast. This what i would recommend you.