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Bounce Rate in Google Analytics
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Bounce Rate in Google Analytics

dnwkdnwk Member

Little bit confused about what is Bounce Rate. It suppose to be when a user landed on my page they did not walk around but leave immediately. What if I have bunch of link to external website on the page they landed. They click one of them and goes to an external website. Does that count a bounce?

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  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @dnwk said:
    Little bit confused about what is Bounce Rate. It suppose to be when a user landed on my page they did not walk around but leave immediately. What if I have bunch of link to external website on the page they landed. They click one of them and goes to an external website. Does that count a bounce?

    Yes. If they don't click on any further pages on your site, that's a bounce.

    https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1009409?hl=en

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  • VPNshVPNsh Member, Host Rep

    If you have only one page on your site, Google Analytics doesn't register multiple pageviews unless users reload that page. As a result, single-page sites tend to have high bounce rates.

    This part is a bit of a shame for those who like scrolling webpages. But yeah, @raindog308 has pretty much covered it! :)

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    Bounce Rate is not necessarily bad. It's just a metric. I imagine a lot of blogs have a high bounce rate - people see the latest entries and leave.

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  • dnwkdnwk Member

    I see. It looks like I need to use event tracking to see if they really leave or they click an link to external site.

  • @raindog308 has answered your question. Perfect one

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