kostensons
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Hi,
I'm trying to figure out why my bounce rate is so high, and time on page shows as mostly 0 sec. for the keyphrase "Frappuccino Recipe", "How to make a Frappuccino" and other very similar phrases, in Analytics for this page on my site: http://www.mom-venture.com/frappucci...-a-frappuccino
Now I have just been moving Adsense ads around, so the two top ads were not there until today, but the bounce rate and time on page has been bad for quite some time.
I just optimized the page and got it loading much faster yesterday, but the bounce rate today is still very high and people still do not seem to be staying on the page for those very specific key phrases.
Could it be that they have to scroll down a bit to get to the actual recipe even without the Adsense ads?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Any ideas? How does the site load for everyone? I've noticed that it's not just that page, but that's the one that gets most of the search traffic, so I can't help but think there might be something wrong with the page loading, or that it's still taking too long to load? My other websites don't have that high of a bounce rate, and even the one that does have a higher bounce rate, people actually stay on the page long enough to read it at least. your site take too much time to load(for me atleast).
its loaded with lots of unorganized ads.
which makes me feel unprofessional site and i dont feel like to continue. Thank you. That's what I was thinking. It loads fine for me and when I've put it through a web page analyzer it loads in just under 4 seconds for cable modem, which is down from 7-8 seconds before I did some optimizing. Like I said, I am messing around with the ads and there weren't as many of them yesterday since I just put some more up today. I am planning on moving them some more to make them look better.
So I guess it is probably the site loading that is causing the issue. I will see what else I can do about that.
I may have to switch to a different wordpress theme as Atahualpa seems to load slower. Don't chose this type of keyword for the site to give the high bounce rate of the keyword manchun.seo
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean?
I should say, that I just made some more improvements a few minutes ago that seem to have made the page load much faster when I check it in the Web Page Analyzer . Can you tell me if it loads quickly for you? Quote: Originally Posted by manchun.seo Don't chose this type of keyword for the site to give the high bounce rate of the keyword Keywords have nothing to do with a high bounce rate. If you are not even ranked well for those keywords, no one will find your site. What i believe plays a major role in a high bounce rate is the sites appearance, nagivation, content.
You only have a few seconds to impress the visitor with your site before they decide to leave or not.
For the thread creator, check your site out using the link below to find out what to improve on for page speed.
http://gtmetrix.com/ Hmm... If it's your target keywords, and your bounce rate for those search terms are high, then it's your site. There's a case that some wrong search terms lead to your site. That happened to me when I posted something about SEO and used a game character in it in my old blog. About the speed, the content loads fast enough, I guess. I think you need to do a little bit more revamps on the design, though. Quote: Originally Posted by snakeair Keywords have nothing to do with a high bounce rate. If you are not even ranked well for those keywords, no one will find your site. What i believe plays a major role in a high bounce rate is the sites appearance, nagivation, content.
You only have a few seconds to impress the visitor with your site before they decide to leave or not.
For the thread creator, check your site out using the link below to find out what to improve on for page speed.
http://gtmetrix.com/
Thanks for the link to this tool! Very helpful
So I think my site loads fast enough now, but today, still, most pages are still having pretty much 0 sec. for time on page (I guess I'm not so concerned about the bounce rate, as the time spent on the page). I am going to do some more to the design, which was the plan anyway, but also I will try making the recipe for that one page more easily readable and put the main parts of it closer to the top of the page.
Thank you all for the suggestions and insight, and if anyone else has any suggestions, please feel
I'm trying to figure out why my bounce rate is so high, and time on page shows as mostly 0 sec. for the keyphrase "Frappuccino Recipe", "How to make a Frappuccino" and other very similar phrases, in Analytics for this page on my site: http://www.mom-venture.com/frappucci...-a-frappuccino
Now I have just been moving Adsense ads around, so the two top ads were not there until today, but the bounce rate and time on page has been bad for quite some time.
I just optimized the page and got it loading much faster yesterday, but the bounce rate today is still very high and people still do not seem to be staying on the page for those very specific key phrases.
Could it be that they have to scroll down a bit to get to the actual recipe even without the Adsense ads?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Any ideas? How does the site load for everyone? I've noticed that it's not just that page, but that's the one that gets most of the search traffic, so I can't help but think there might be something wrong with the page loading, or that it's still taking too long to load? My other websites don't have that high of a bounce rate, and even the one that does have a higher bounce rate, people actually stay on the page long enough to read it at least. your site take too much time to load(for me atleast).
its loaded with lots of unorganized ads.
which makes me feel unprofessional site and i dont feel like to continue. Thank you. That's what I was thinking. It loads fine for me and when I've put it through a web page analyzer it loads in just under 4 seconds for cable modem, which is down from 7-8 seconds before I did some optimizing. Like I said, I am messing around with the ads and there weren't as many of them yesterday since I just put some more up today. I am planning on moving them some more to make them look better.
So I guess it is probably the site loading that is causing the issue. I will see what else I can do about that.
I may have to switch to a different wordpress theme as Atahualpa seems to load slower. Don't chose this type of keyword for the site to give the high bounce rate of the keyword manchun.seo
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean?
I should say, that I just made some more improvements a few minutes ago that seem to have made the page load much faster when I check it in the Web Page Analyzer . Can you tell me if it loads quickly for you? Quote: Originally Posted by manchun.seo Don't chose this type of keyword for the site to give the high bounce rate of the keyword Keywords have nothing to do with a high bounce rate. If you are not even ranked well for those keywords, no one will find your site. What i believe plays a major role in a high bounce rate is the sites appearance, nagivation, content.
You only have a few seconds to impress the visitor with your site before they decide to leave or not.
For the thread creator, check your site out using the link below to find out what to improve on for page speed.
http://gtmetrix.com/ Hmm... If it's your target keywords, and your bounce rate for those search terms are high, then it's your site. There's a case that some wrong search terms lead to your site. That happened to me when I posted something about SEO and used a game character in it in my old blog. About the speed, the content loads fast enough, I guess. I think you need to do a little bit more revamps on the design, though. Quote: Originally Posted by snakeair Keywords have nothing to do with a high bounce rate. If you are not even ranked well for those keywords, no one will find your site. What i believe plays a major role in a high bounce rate is the sites appearance, nagivation, content.
You only have a few seconds to impress the visitor with your site before they decide to leave or not.
For the thread creator, check your site out using the link below to find out what to improve on for page speed.
http://gtmetrix.com/
Thanks for the link to this tool! Very helpful
So I think my site loads fast enough now, but today, still, most pages are still having pretty much 0 sec. for time on page (I guess I'm not so concerned about the bounce rate, as the time spent on the page). I am going to do some more to the design, which was the plan anyway, but also I will try making the recipe for that one page more easily readable and put the main parts of it closer to the top of the page.
Thank you all for the suggestions and insight, and if anyone else has any suggestions, please feel