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Bounce Rate - Link which opens a new window

by GoodnightSweetRatRace
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I've been reading a lot about Bounce Rate recently and it seems to be a bigger factor these days, especially after the Panda update.

However there is one thing I'm not sure of, and that is... If a visitor clicks on a link on your website, which opens a new window, does this contribute towards the bounce rate? Technically they are still on your website, but at the same time they are leaving it.

Hopefully that made sense
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  • Profile picture of the author LeahRae
    You did not say where the new window was opening so my answer is going to be very generic.


    Bounce rate is when a person actually abandons a website never to come back. this is a huge deal if you are trying to make sales with your website. You can not make sales with people that left.

    Search engines monitor bounce rate through site abandonment & return to the search engine.

    Example: you search for blue widgets.

    1. Visit the page the search engine gave you in results.

    2. Find it does not contain information you wanted

    3. -> you bounced to another search result.



    So in a nutshell:

    1. A new window opened to a page on your website is not considered a Bounce.

    2. A new window opened to a page on a separate website is considered like a direct link to the website. You are sending traffic that direction off your website. - Bounce However there is the debate that you are diluting our webpage by sending visitors to another.

    3. You visit the website from the search results & you go back to the search engine for more results to look at.


    However - You can make it easy for people to "Bounce Back".

    If you are referring to TARGET='_blank' which is the command within a link to open the new link on a new page - I personally prefer opening a new window for an external web page. Opening a new page gives the person a way to find their way back to your page if they close the new external page.

    Hope I helped!
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    • Profile picture of the author GoodnightSweetRatRace
      Originally Posted by LeahRae View Post

      You did not say where the new window was opening so my answer is going to be very generic.


      Bounce rate is when a person actually abandons a website never to come back. this is a huge deal if you are trying to make sales with your website. You can not make sales with people that left.

      Search engines monitor bounce rate through site abandonment & return to the search engine.

      Example: you search for blue widgets.

      1. Visit the page the search engine gave you in results.

      2. Find it does not contain information you wanted

      3. -> you bounced to another search result.



      So in a nutshell:

      1. A new window opened to a page on your website is not considered a Bounce.

      2. A new window opened to a page on a separate website is considered like a direct link to the website. You are sending traffic that direction off your website. - Bounce However there is the debate that you are diluting our webpage by sending visitors to another.

      3. You visit the website from the search results & you go back to the search engine for more results to look at.


      However - You can make it easy for people to "Bounce Back".

      If you are referring to TARGET='_blank' which is the command within a link to open the new link on a new page - I personally prefer opening a new window for an external web page. Opening a new page gives the person a way to find their way back to your page if they close the new external page.

      Hope I helped!
      Hey.

      Sorry i should have been more clear. Im sending my visitors to my squeeze page on a separate website. When they click the link a new window opens to my squeeze page. So now they have two windows open. My website which they found through the search engine and my squeeze page. Is this considered bouncing in googles eyes?
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  • Profile picture of the author sanjuk61
    hii
    in my opinion if visitor open your website and close it ....so bounce rate increasing.

    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author faysal969
    If your visitor leave your site forever and try to find his need from another site then it will be count as bounce. So, for your case, it will not affect your bounce rate.
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  • Profile picture of the author alantay
    You get 100% bounce rate when someone visited your site and immediately left without spending a minute or more there.
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    • Profile picture of the author echoenglish
      I was under the impression that a bounce indicated that a user would visit no links from your site at all, and exited it either by closing the browser or hitting the 'back' button.

      If someone uses a link on your site though, theory would be that someone was interested in the content and your site successfully brought them to it. That is not a bounce, that is a web page with effective links.
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