Comments on: What is Bounce Rate?

By: Ste@SatNav

Ste@SatNav — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:31:17 +0000

I have to admit I’m of the new window type (or new tab in my case).

Anyway, I was just going to share what I consider the only useful use of bounce rate – to help with keyword research. Google analytics lets you see the bounce rate for individual keywords. If you check this for your site, you know you should be concentrating on the keywords with a lower bounce rate, right? The keywords with the higher (percentage) bounce rate are obviously not sending you the right sort of visitor.

By: Christie

Christie — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:16:28 +0000

I never even considered the new window vs. not! Am I the only one who just Open Link in New Tab when I see a link I want to click?
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By: Sire

Sire — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:30:31 +0000

Well John there are two reasons why I am willing to give it a try;

1: I do have rotating banners
2: You are “The Man”
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By: Extreme John

Extreme John — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:13:49 +0000

@Sire without really knowing your blog goals and everything about it I really can’t make any promises. I will venture to say though, that if you do rotate your banner advertising currently your ad rotation exposure will be much greater opening in a new window.

I would also see what my current Page Views are at, than see where they are 30 days after changing the links, I would do the same with any ad dollars you make as well.

By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:39:08 +0000

To tell you the truth John, it’s a pain in the ass making sure all the links open up a new page and so the lazy blogger in me may just give your method a little whirl. At least I know who to blame if it doesn’t work out.
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By: Extreme John

Extreme John — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:58:04 +0000

@Christa Bledsoe yeah it was Google Analytics 360 plugin that made me move forward and make this post.

@Mike that’s great news, makes me smile to teach

@Hard Rocking South African All personal preference but try it you might like the results better in the end.

@Sire I don’t know about that bro you seem to be doing excellent with the way you have things setup right now, I guess don’t change it if it isn’t broken. All though I will say when I changed ALL of my links to open in the same window it made a tremendous difference to my blog and how it is ranked, etc. Just my theory.

As far as everyone having rotating ad’s your on the money with that, not everyone does, all though everyone should keep it fresh.