Google Analytics 85% Bouncerate for my Hubs Hooray!

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   johndwilliamsposted 9 years ago

   Well I was well impressed today - just looked at my Google Analytics and I have an 85% Bounce Rate.
   
   Am I doing something wrong?

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      Writer Foxposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I wouldn't worry about it on your HubPages account.  It could just mean that someone clicked on an ad or a link at the beginning of a Hub.  Because ads on HP don't open in a separate window, Google Analytics will show a click-out as a bounce.

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         johndwilliamsposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         OK thanks Writer Fox

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      Knightmare Golemposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      You could have a visitor come, read the entire article, stay for several minutes, give it a thumbs up, and then leave.  And that's still considered a bounce.  You're not doing anything wrong, it's just how people consume content on places like Hubpages.  They go from Google to the article they want, and then they leave.  You'd need to be concerned about bounce rate if you had a front page that everyone generally went through.

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         johndwilliamsposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Ah OK so as Hubs are found through Google I won't have a front page that would direct visitors to other parts of my website or blog.

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            Phyllis Doyleposted 9 years agoin reply to this

            Well ... if a reader likes your hub they will most likely click on your name at the top right and go to your profile to see what else you have they might like.
            
            At the end of all my hubs, I have an author's note. I encourage my readers to "click on my name at the top right of this page to see other articles I have written."
            
            I really do not keep track of my traffic stats - I just publish, promote and hope for the best.

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         RockyMountainMomposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Very useful, thanks

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         Hicks Daysposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         ohh so that's it. Now it make sense what bounce rate should be. I just though if you stay on a page a little longer it will not count as a BR.

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      relacheposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      People with a higher bounce rate than you would probably say "no."  People with a lower bounce rate than you would probably say "yes."
      
      https://support.google.com/analytics/an … 9409?hl=en

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      Fred Arnoldposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I would focus more on your average time on page. If people are not reading your Hubs then that average will be really low.

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   earnerposted 9 years ago

   I'd not bother worrying, or lookng at, bounce rates for writing sites as it's not a true picture.  The objective of writing is for them to leave your article... via a link, to buy stuff

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   t aaron brownposted 9 years ago

   Depending on how the HubPage loads I might accidentally click on the header ad.  This also happens (more strategically/deliberately) on Yahoo Mail's new layout.  That being said, it's a constant challenge for me to try and perfect the lead paragraph as well as the summary.

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   Phyllis Doyleposted 9 years ago

   That is very good, John. Nice way to start the day, yes?

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   Cari Kay 11posted 9 years ago

   I'd have to imagine this is a pretty normal bounce rate for Hubpages.

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   pawan negiposted 9 years ago

   no u rr going in a right way

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   makingamarkposted 9 years ago

   The important statistic you want to look at is how long they stayed on your site on average.
   
   If it's a few seconds you have a problem
   
   If it's a few minutes then you don't.
   
   If it's a few minutes but HubPages decides to unfeature or unpublish your site then HubPages has a problem!

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   russinserraposted 9 years ago

   I have no idea what any of you are talking about. What is "bounce rate"? How do you tell how long someone is on your hub?

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      johndwilliamsposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      It comes from Google Anaytics

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   Shades-of-truthposted 9 years ago

   John, to date, I have not looked to see what my bounce rate is. I would rather not know right now.
   
   Perhaps I shall investigate it, when I have been on HP longer, and could bear to check it. If it was high, it would just "nag at me"!

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    LNAngelposted 9 years ago

    HubPages is not a niched site - if someone dropped on your Hub from organic search, I think it would be odd they stuck around to peruse more of the site. A highish bounce rate doesn't mean your Hub was poor...au contraire, it could mean you provided them exactly what they needed so they only need to view that one URL on HP. I concern myself with bounce rate on my own, niched sites but never look at it for HP.

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    Taranwandererposted 9 years ago

    Very good assessment, LNAngel. In fact, it's one of the reasons Hubpages asks us to do some "hub-hopping"; they need us hubbers to do it because the site architecture isn't really given to getting organic-Search visitors to visit more than a single hub consistently. Bounce rate is an important metric for SEO, so Hubpages needs us to help them out with that.

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       LeanManposted 9 years agoin reply to this

       If you have many related hubs then you can improve bounce rate as well as time on site with relevant linking between hubs.
       I have one hub that gets all of its visits from other hubs that I have and not from Google at all. I get traffic between my hubs that is in 3 figures every day using relevant linking.
       I make use of half width text blocks in blue pushed to the right to drive traffic through links - this seems to work well. Like a sales capsule however it needs to be relevant to the information in the text capsule it is alongside if you want the reader to follow the link it contains.

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    2besureposted 9 years ago

    Put calls to action on your Hubs, something to make them stay on the page a little longer, like questionnaires, etc.

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    tlcsposted 9 years ago

    I like this answer LeanMan, I will try this out next time I write a hub.

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