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Questions tagged [bounce]

A bounce is when a website visitor comes to a site and then leaves immediately without clicking any links.

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Why does Google Analytics report 100% bounce rate when the page has lots of page views?

Google Analytics reports 100% bounce rate for a page which has lots of page views and an Avg Time on Page of 32 seconds. Shouldn't one of the following be true? Either the bounce rate is less than 100% when the Avg Time on Page is greater than 0 or…
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How to decrease webpage bouncing rate?

I found some stuff on the web with tips about how to reduce bouncing rate (the percentage of web visitors which left the website without going to the any next page). Does anyone have tips which he actually tried and helped him reduce his bouncing…
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Can adverts on your site actually help SEO?

My current understanding of SEO is this: One of the ways Google determines a webpage's quality is by how many people click back onto the SERPs. For example, if loads of people click onto your blog after searching "inception explained" and 0% of them…
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What is the the maximum time for a user to return to Google for the visit to be flagged up as a bounce in GA?

I know that Google measures bounce rates by how fast a user returns to the results page after clicking-through to a website. Roughly what is the maximum duration of the visit for the user to then return for it to be considered a bounce? i.e. <5…
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Is bounce rate of a website a ranking factor?

I have heard this from many SEO experts that a website with less bounce rate will rank well on Google. But what if the website does not use any analytics tools to calculate bounce rate, how will then Google know the bounce rate of the website and…
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Can blocking referer spam by black listing domains in google analytics have a positive effect on ranking due to reduced bounce rate ?

I have a site thats getting a lot of referral spam in google analytics both for referred traffic and organic traffic (where they place the their site name in the keyword field). Because its all bot traffic it has always has a 100% bounce rate which…
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Discrepancies between bounce rate and drop rate in behavior flow

The bounce rate of one of my websites 15%, however when looking at the Behavior Flow section of Google Analytics, it shows a homepage drop off of around 80% Can a visitor be counted as a non-bounce, yet show as dropping off the homepage in the…
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Possible email by Office365 - how to check?

I think our dedicated sending IP has been blocked solely by Office365. We have stellar sending IP rating, and zero spam reports, content clean, full opt-in etc. No issues with any other Microsoft client - and we are Return Path certified. Is there a…
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100% bounce rate with non-zero average time in Google Analytics?

Getting this on keyword reports: 100% bounce rate, 1 pageview and average session duration 24 minutes. I've gone through all of my other analytics properties and this is the first time I see this situation, in my opinion makes a bit of no…
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Should I accept bounced emails when the emails are automatically generated from a "no-reply" user?

I have a website that generates emails based on user action such as registration on the site. These emails have a "no-reply" user name as I do not intend to receive a reply from them. Should I accept bounced emails in case some of these mails failed…
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What could cause analytics bounce rate to go from ~30% to ~100% in a day?

A month ago, my site had about a 30% bounce rate. One day I pushed some changes to the site, and all the sudden my bounce rate shot straight up to around 98% and my average time on site plumetted to 00:00. Clearly this is a technical issue causing…
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How to exclude bounces from users just clicking "Sign In App" to navigate to a subdomain in Google Analytics?

I've got www.example.com and app.example.com. I control both. On the "www" site, there's a "Sign In" hyperlink that sends people to the app's login page (a known URL on the app subdomain). Some people took the habit of going to "www" and just click…
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Is an 85% bounce rate measured by Google Analytics a red flag?

I am trying to understand the bounce rate concept in Google analytics.I have a blog focused on technical stuff (Java, Spring etc.) and getting a decent amount of traffic (just 6-7-month-old blog). I have noticed high bounce rate in the GA dashboard…
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Generate a report in google analytics to see demographic and browser info for bounced users

Im trying to get the bounce rate down for a site manage, among various avenues im exploring id like to see a report from google analytics that shows me all stats for bounced users : browser, OS, device, location etc.. I can see how to get this…
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Google Analytics Bounce Rates - which page is bouncing the most?

I want to know which of my pages have the highest bounce rates so I can fix them. Ideally, I would also know if they are bouncing on desktop or in mobile. Is this something I can find out in Google Analytics?
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