3.5% bounce rate... what to do?

Kikos · 11-28-2011, 08:19 AM

3.5% bounce rate
nobody leaving/clicking on ads
too interesting articles?
what to do?

cagliostro · 11-28-2011, 08:33 AM

How old is the website ?

3.5% is very-very low bounce rate, i have never seen that (the lowest in my small empire is 29%).

Is that a Blog, Forums or something special ?

Give us some information and maybe we can help ...

Daniel Wilson · 11-28-2011, 08:38 AM

You probably have Analytics code posted in your code 2 times. Check out, this is often the cause of fake bounce rate.

caseycase · 11-28-2011, 08:38 AM

Hey Kikos, there almost has to be something wrong with your stats. There is just no way you have a 3.5% bounce rate. Where is your traffic coming from?

Kikos · 11-28-2011, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel Wilson

You probably have Analytics code posted in your code 2 times. Check out, this is often the cause of fake bounce rate.

Hi my websites uses the wordpress platform and I looked in the source of a random article and I DO see 2 x analytics code, one on top and one on the bottom, so seems like 1-2 plugins are being naughty. I am going to fix this and hopefully this will resolve the inaccurate stats.

Otherwise traffic is mostly coming from google search engine 60%+ and its more than 6 months old.

Thank you.

nicktyler · 11-28-2011, 09:00 AM

Looks like this one is all wrapped up but if it doesn't change let us know as I can only dream of a bounce rate like that. It would massively benefit me rather than be a problem.

awj888 · 11-28-2011, 10:15 AM

its totally going to be down to some error on the site - ive never heard of any site getting 3.5% bounce rate! maybe facebook??

nova37 · 11-28-2011, 10:27 AM

If there's alot of articles, add some in-text ads. If they aren't clicking the banner ads, then maybe they will click on the ads within the article text.

webdevpro · 11-28-2011, 11:47 AM

Do you have lost of videos on your site. "00:45:54" time on site / user with that much traffic is not easily digestive.

Anna Howard · 11-28-2011, 01:43 PM

Wow, achieving a bounce rate of 3.5% is just considered outstanding from SEO perspectives.... This means that out of 100 visitors only 3 to 4 visitors left you page without viewing the content as to what was displayed....

11-28-2011, 08:19 AM	#1
Kikos HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 125 Thanks: 39 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	3.5% bounce rate... what to do? 3.5% bounce rate nobody leaving/clicking on ads too interesting articles? what to do?

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cagliostro HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 474 Thanks: 19 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts	Re: 3.5% bounce rate... what to do? How old is the website ? 3.5% is very-very low bounce rate, i have never seen that (the lowest in my small empire is 29%). Is that a Blog, Forums or something special ? Give us some information and maybe we can help ...

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nova37 Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: 3.5% bounce rate... what to do? If there's alot of articles, add some in-text ads. If they aren't clicking the banner ads, then maybe they will click on the ads within the article text.

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webdevpro HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 294 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 22 Posts	Re: 3.5% bounce rate... what to do? Do you have lost of videos on your site. "00:45:54" time on site / user with that much traffic is not easily digestive.
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Anna Howard HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 136 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: 3.5% bounce rate... what to do? Wow, achieving a bounce rate of 3.5% is just considered outstanding from SEO perspectives.... This means that out of 100 visitors only 3 to 4 visitors left you page without viewing the content as to what was displayed....