Quick Google Analytic Question

by revjoe
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This is what google reports as time on site: 00:15:42
is this 15 minutes or seconds?

My bounce rate is 39% would that be good?

What would be a good bounce rate for lets say 250-500 unique visits a day?

Thanks,

revjoe
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  • Profile picture of the author Punit12
    Dear Revjoe,
    Here are answers to your questions,


    This is what google reports as time on site: 00:15:42
    is this 15 minutes or seconds?
    >> 15 is minutes there & 42 is seconds.

    My bounce rate is 39% would that be good?
    >> 39% is ok.

    What would be a good bounce rate for lets say 250-500 unique visits a day?
    >> For this I think 35 to 55% would be fine.
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    • Profile picture of the author revjoe
      Originally Posted by Punit12 View Post

      Dear Revjoe,
      Here are answers to your questions,


      This is what google reports as time on site: 00:15:42
      is this 15 minutes or seconds?
      >> 15 is minutes there & 42 is seconds.

      My bounce rate is 39% would that be good?
      >> 39% is ok.

      What would be a good bounce rate for lets say 250-500 unique visits a day?
      >> For this I think 35 to 55% would be fine.
      Great thanks! One more question? Does analytic s track your own visits to your site or is that rendered void? Meaning does it see your ip address you signed in with analytic s? Thanks:-)
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      • Profile picture of the author Punit12
        Originally Posted by revjoe View Post

        Great thanks! One more question? Does analytic s track your own visits to your site or is that rendered void? Meaning does it see your ip address you signed in with analytic s? Thanks:-)
        Dear Revjoe,

        By default, Google analytics tracks everything.

        But, incase if you want to exclude your IP address, then in GA there is an facility called as "Filters".

        Here is an excellent article on the same- A step by step guide. Please read.


        Filter Out of Google Analytics Profiles – IP Addresses
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  • Profile picture of the author georgescifo
    Revjoe, the bounce rate is pretty good and no need to worry.
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  • Profile picture of the author softysmith
    ya 39% bounce rate is good but if the site has high bounce rate it not means the has not good do just work your bounce rate is good
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  • Profile picture of the author kaytav
    For me the bounce rate is high, because I have always had bounce rate below 15% for my site.
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  • Revjoe,

    Keep in mind that bounce rate is heavily dependent on industry. Also, this metric should be evaluated in conjunction with other factors such as the structure of your site. For instance a blog with one page may have a very high bounce rate but it could still have very engaging content and a high number of returning visitors. In general, numbers around 20-30% are acceptable. Obviously the lower the better but there should always be some kind of rate even if it is very low (i.e. people get distracted and leave the site, they get to your site by mistake, they close a browser and open the site again in another browser, etc). So its hard to say if your bounce rate is good or not because we don’t know what your site is about or how it is built. You also want to be sure you are excluding traffic that will skew your data (your own machine for example).

    There are some good answers here as well,

    What is a really great bounce rate for a product or service site? What does Good look like? | SEOmoz Q&A

    Hope that answers your question,

    Shawn
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