Robot causing high bounce rate (Who is Gomez Advisors)

Jeff Baer · 01-24-2011, 06:28 PM

In the last 90 days my traffic has tripled for my Chicago based LOCAL business website. After evaluating my analytics, one service provider (Gomez Advisors-not in Chicago, out of state) has accounted for over 65% of the visits. Their visits average 0 seconds and bounce rate is 100%. This has doubled my bounce rate from 35% to over 70%, and I can only assume hurting me in SEO. I called Gomez and they said they were performing a competitive analysis of my website (100+ visits per day??). I asked them for whom and they refused to respond. Gomez's website has an impressive list of clients (including facebook & Google). Is there a warrior who can explain to me what is going on and what I should do? Thanks.

yukon · 01-24-2011, 07:02 PM

You could try blocking the site referrer with .htaccess code.

raviv · 01-24-2011, 10:41 PM

You can disallow this particular bot using your robots.txt file

Best
Raviv

Jeff Baer · 01-25-2011, 04:50 AM

Thank you @yukon and @raviv for the suggestions. Do you have any idea why someone would do this? what do they stand to gain?

KirkMcD · 01-25-2011, 11:20 AM

They sell the data.
It has no effect on your SEO.

Jeff Baer · 01-25-2011, 11:49 AM

Thank you, but how could having a higher bounce rate be good for me?They take me from 35% to over 70%

raviv · 01-25-2011, 01:52 PM

Hi Mickya
Just block them as they are of no advantage to you. Google does look at time spent on site and bounce rate. They do not admit it openly. But these factors are factored in. So having a 70% bounce rate is not useful to you in the long run
Best
Raviv

KirkMcD · 01-25-2011, 03:09 PM

Where are you getting your statistics from?

01-24-2011, 06:28 PM	#1
Jeff Baer Active Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 51 Thanks: 8 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts Contact Info	Robot causing high bounce rate (Who is Gomez Advisors) In the last 90 days my traffic has tripled for my Chicago based LOCAL business website. After evaluating my analytics, one service provider (Gomez Advisors-not in Chicago, out of state) has accounted for over 65% of the visits. Their visits average 0 seconds and bounce rate is 100%. This has doubled my bounce rate from 35% to over 70%, and I can only assume hurting me in SEO. I called Gomez and they said they were performing a competitive analysis of my website (100+ visits per day??). I asked them for whom and they refused to respond. Gomez's website has an impressive list of clients (including facebook & Google). Is there a warrior who can explain to me what is going on and what I should do? Thanks.
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01-24-2011, 07:02 PM	#2
yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,532 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,992 Times in 1,273 Posts	Re: Robot causing high bounce rate (Who is Gomez Advisors) You could try blocking the site referrer with .htaccess code.
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01-24-2011, 10:41 PM	#3
raviv HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 264 Thanks: 66 Thanked 44 Times in 40 Posts	Re: Robot causing high bounce rate (Who is Gomez Advisors) You can disallow this particular bot using your robots.txt file Best Raviv

01-25-2011, 04:50 AM	#4
Jeff Baer Active Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 51 Thanks: 8 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts Contact Info	Re: Robot causing high bounce rate (Who is Gomez Advisors) Thank you @yukon and @raviv for the suggestions. Do you have any idea why someone would do this? what do they stand to gain?

01-25-2011, 11:20 AM	#5
KirkMcD Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: , , USA. Posts: 2,493 Thanks: 43 Thanked 168 Times in 158 Posts	Re: Robot causing high bounce rate (Who is Gomez Advisors) They sell the data. It has no effect on your SEO.

01-25-2011, 11:49 AM	#6
Jeff Baer Active Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 51 Thanks: 8 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts Contact Info	Re: Robot causing high bounce rate (Who is Gomez Advisors) Thank you, but how could having a higher bounce rate be good for me?They take me from 35% to over 70%

01-25-2011, 01:52 PM	#7
raviv HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 264 Thanks: 66 Thanked 44 Times in 40 Posts	Re: Robot causing high bounce rate (Who is Gomez Advisors) Hi Mickya Just block them as they are of no advantage to you. Google does look at time spent on site and bounce rate. They do not admit it openly. But these factors are factored in. So having a 70% bounce rate is not useful to you in the long run Best Raviv

01-25-2011, 03:09 PM	#8
KirkMcD Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: , , USA. Posts: 2,493 Thanks: 43 Thanked 168 Times in 158 Posts	Re: Robot causing high bounce rate (Who is Gomez Advisors) Where are you getting your statistics from?