Comments on: The Real Bounce Rate in Google Analytics

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By: Bibiana Nunes

Bibiana Nunes — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:15:30 +0000

Right now my bounce rate is based on the 10sec rule and it’s gone down to 12%, but the percentage that google gives me for people that have spent less than 10 secs is 61%+. That percentage is measured by visits and not by PageViews.

Any other suggestion?

By: Claudiu

Claudiu — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:54:51 +0000

@Bibiana. Are the numbers that off? If a user gets to see 2 pages and on each page spends less than 10 seconds, in this case he is not considered bounce but he is considered to have spent less than 10 seconds.

@John I’ve checked the Yoast plugin and you either try to hack it (which I don’t necessarily recommend) or try to write to him and see if he isn’t interested in adding this hack to his script as well. If you need help in setting this up for your blog write me at claudiu@padicode.com and I’ll give you a hand.

By: John

John — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:52:58 +0000

Hi guys,

Nice tweak. I would like to use it but i am currently using the Google analytics plugin developed by Yoast. Where to insert that code in his plugin?

thanks a lot for your answer!

By: Bibiana Nunes

Bibiana Nunes — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:07:35 +0000

I have my bounce rate script to 10 seconds, but now my percentage in length of visit for those lasting less than 10 secs, doesn’t match the bounce rate…

Does anyone know why this may be happening?

By: Claudiu

Claudiu — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:16:31 +0000

Hi Corey. to be honest I wouldn’t go that far for just this script. For example if you put the script in the header and the page takes a lot to load the user might bounce but the system to report that he didn’t. In such cases I think it’s safer to have it in the footer.

Come to think about it I think all javascript should be placed in the footer. Page loading times have been proved to have impact on conversions.

By: Corey Trent

Corey Trent — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:11:41 +0000

I would also consider moving up the ga tracking code higher in the source, to ensure that your
time count is accurate as well. Keep in mind JavaScript is executed in priority with where it is located in the source code.

Great article.