Comments on: Reducing Bounce Rate and Increasing Website Usability

By: Firefox Heatmap Study Reveals A Web Developer’s Best Friend and Worst Enemy

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:37:13 +0000

[...] dealing with your worst enemy, the back button. I’ve previously written some tips for reducing bounce rate and increasing website usability that you should check [...]

By: Clinton Barett

Clinton Barett — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:45:13 +0000

The heat mapping software works quite well and can provide you with enough insight, however proper site optimization starts with studying the analytics reports.

By: cliffposey

cliffposey — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:51:37 +0000

After having a site for 3 years became of bounce rate via SEO forums but did not really understand it unit this article. Thanks for defining it right up front. All of you recommendations are great but the one I really never thought of was watching friends look at the site.

By: cliffposey

cliffposey — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:50:29 +0000

By: Nabeel Khan

Nabeel Khan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:46:03 +0000

cool.. but never used crazy egg before :s

By: JamesUK

JamesUK — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:34:13 +0000

Thanks Mark i have just spent about an hour reading stuff and palying with some of the tools you mention and just found this article. The heat map one seems great as i could certainly do with reducing bounce rates so will give it a try.

By: Wibiya Blog Toolbar Upgraded and Opened to Public

Wibiya Blog Toolbar Upgraded and Opened to Public — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:52:21 +0000

[...] believe Wibiya is doing a phenomenal job reducing bounce rates, increasing on-site and social interactivity between a blog / website owner and their [...]

By: Abi Bakar

Abi Bakar — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:53:13 +0000

thanks man, all these kind of ideas ever crossed on my mind, but never actually been realized. i think i should now

By: John@123-reg

John@123-reg — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:05:34 +0000

All good advice, and I wouldn’t really disagree with any of it. However, it’s perhaps worth pointing out that reducing the bounce rate is not necessarily the same thing as increasing the number of pages each visitor views.

In fact, depending on the nature of your site, you may want to reduce the average pages viewed per person – for instance, so people arrive and purchase something in the shortest time possible.

Some pages on some sites might also see a high bounce rate as a indication of success – Google presumably wants people to bounce off the first search results page as quickly as possible…

By: Damir

Damir — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:58:24 +0000

Great info – many people should read your post