What does 100% bounce rate on a website mean?

yesacpow · 11-18-2008, 05:11 PM

Is this a good thing or bad thing?

indexphp · 11-18-2008, 05:14 PM

It's a BAD thing.

It means that 100% of the people that visit your site, "bounce" in the first 10 seconds.

kenj · 11-18-2008, 05:16 PM

Which begs the question

What is a good bounce rate?

JackTheLad · 11-18-2008, 05:33 PM

Firstly 100% bounce rate is probably (most likely) a bad thing. It means that 100% of all visitors to that page on your site are either pressing the back button on their browser, or exiting altogether.

Their are cases where 100% bounce rates are common i.e. If a user has only one aim, for example, to downloaded a product and then leave.
Or...
If the page is full of junk and takes forever to load.

To decrease the bounce rate, you could try and add more quality content (like articles). Articles are great at decreasing bounce rates, because you can simply add a '...more' link half-way through to make your visitor view another page.

Good luck.
- JackTheLad

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JackTheLad HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 121 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 14 Posts	Re: What does 100% bounce rate on a website mean? Firstly 100% bounce rate is probably (most likely) a bad thing. It means that 100% of all visitors to that page on your site are either pressing the back button on their browser, or exiting altogether. Their are cases where 100% bounce rates are common i.e. If a user has only one aim, for example, to downloaded a product and then leave. Or... If the page is full of junk and takes forever to load. To decrease the bounce rate, you could try and add more quality content (like articles). Articles are great at decreasing bounce rates, because you can simply add a '...more' link half-way through to make your visitor view another page. Good luck. - JackTheLad _____________________________________________ The best eBook cover software I ever found... eCoverSuiteElite!