Reduce Bounce Rate: 20 Things to Consider

Bounce rate is one of those quality metrics that gets tossed around a lot in the search engine space. People are almost always talking about absolutes in terms of "this is how XYZ will reduce your bounce rate," and so on. I don’t subscribe to this school of thought; bounce rates need to be looked at subjectively. While there are some general best practices, for the most part certain activities prescribed as absolute can both hurt and help websites. Hence the title of this post. I don’t want to stand on my bounce rate soapbox and preach to you that everything in this post is going to help you, so I’m approaching this from a more realistic standpoint; the items on this list are worth thinking about, and probably trying – but this isn't some magic wand from the land of unicorns and bounce rates under 5 percent. A high bounce rate can be indicative of a number of things but us...

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@RyHollingsworth » 30 Jan '13, 2pm
Your high bounce rate is b/c you provide exactly what your user is looking for? [link] hadn't thought of it that way!
@nick_eubanks » 30 Jan '13, 2pm
Are you thinking about bounce rate the right way? 20 Things to Consider [link] via @sewatch
@knowliner » 29 Jan '13, 3pm
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@searchmuse » 29 Jan '13, 3pm
Reduce Bounce Rate - Considerations [link] Some obvious & some less so (though if they are so obvious why are we doing them!)
@edgar_sanchez » 27 Jan '13, 12pm
RT @desmarkt: 20 cosas a tener en cuenta para reducir la tasa de rebote [link] via @tristanelosegui
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20 Things to Consider for Optimizing Bounce Rates [link]
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Worried that visitors are leaving your site as soon as they find it? Check out this article on reducing bounce rate: [link]
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Conversion: 20 Punkte um die Abschlussrate zu steigern! 20 things to improve conversion rates. [link]
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Bounce rate in a website can be reduced by following these 20 tips [link]
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@EnlinkBrasil » 22 Jan '13, 6pm
Vinte detalhes a se considerar quando o assunto é diminuição de bounce rate [link]
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Been shared over 1,000 times :D >> Reduce Bounce Rate: 20 Things to Consider [link] via @sewatch
@CLHDesigns » 22 Jan '13, 4pm
A handy primer on reducing the bounce rate and getting customers to search more than one page on your website [link]
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@TwistSocial » 22 Jan '13, 2pm
Great article on how to reduce your landing page bounce rates and increase conversions - [link] via @sewatch
@jmartesmyg » 22 Jan '13, 1pm
Aquí os dejo un excelente artículo con 20 consejos muy útiles para reducir la tasa de rebote en vuestras webs: [link]
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Reduce Bounce Rate: 20 Things to Consider by @nick_eubanks [link] via @sewatch <= like how SEW has authors in tweet function
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