What is Bounce Rate? 7 ways to reduce the bounce rate of the website

Coming to the website means that everything on your blog is going well, but that's not the case. You may be getting the desired amount of visitors to your site, but that's not the end of the story. One of the ways to consider whether a website is working properly is to bounce the website. Looking at the bounce rate of the website gives a clear idea of ​​how the site is doing and how it will do in the future.



Bounce Rate


Let's first know what is the bounce rate?


What is Bounce Rate?

The bounce rate is a metric of Google Analytics. Before understanding the bounce rate we need to understand what is bounce?

When a visitor enters your website and does not engage in any kind of engagement with your website while he is on that page, that is, he does not click on any button, does not click on any page link, does not click on the menu, your site Comes out of your website directly without visiting any other page.
Then Google Analytics server does not get any trigger from that visitor. As a result of bouncing visitors, only one-page visit count in analytics. This is called a bounce.


So what is the bounce rate?

Suppose a total of 100 visitors to your website's home page within a specified period of time (say 7 days), 30 of whom have already left the home page, have not visited any other page on your site. So now your home page will bounce -



That means the bounce rate of that website is 30%. Below is a screenshot of the bouncer, which you can find out with the Google Analytics tool.



What is the standard bounce rate%?

Now the question is, will we work on the target? What should be the standard of the bounce rate of our website? Depending on the industry, the standard of bounce rate is less


                                                          Bounce Rate Benchmarks


          Industry                                                                                             Standard bounce rate

      Service site                                                                                                         10-30%

     Retail / e-commerce site                                                                                     30-40%   

     Content-based website                                                                                      40-60% 

     Lead Generation Site                                                                                          30-50% 

     Landing page                                                                                                       80-90% 

     Blog                                                                                                                      80-95%











Personally, I think a 30% bounce rate is tolerable for any website. I think even 40-55% bounce rate and average calculation. However, if the bounce rate of the site is more than 80%, it is a matter of concern. And you should take it seriously


What are the problems if the bounce rate is high?

Not everything is understood, what kind of problem can occur if the bounce rate of the site is high? Think of something very simple. Google always wants to show the most relevant results in search queries.

By the way, if the bounce rate of your website is 60% now, it means that most of the visitors enter your site and leave immediately. That means he did not get the desired result. Google then realizes that your webpage is not up to the mark for this search query. Then Google will leave your website behind in the search results and give place to other websites.



Again, if the opposite is true, that is, if the bounce rate is 30%, then the visitor enters that page and is visiting some more pages. Then Google understands that the visitor has found the desired result. This means that low bounce search engines are able to understand that this result is relevant for search queries.




Here are 7 things you can do to reduce your website's bounce rate





01. Loading speed

Loading speed plays a special role in increasing the bounce rate of a website. We already know that if a website is not loaded in 3 seconds, 30% of the visitors will leave without visiting that page. In other words, if you want to reduce the bounce rate of the website, you have to bring the loading speed of the website below 3 seconds in the beginning.



I have written a detailed article about the loading speed of the website - you can see it.




02. User experience

User experience is very important for any website. The design of the whole site must be user friendly. So that a visitor can navigate the webpage without any hassle. If for some reason the user interface is bad, the visitor will not stay on that page for a long time, which will increase your bounce rate.




03. Not using irrelevant keywords

There was a time when black hat techniques could be used to rank a site with irrelevant keywords. It still goes, but you have to be careful. Suppose you are working on a blog related to online marketing, you have heard from someone that it is possible to make a good profit by selling health-related products. Then if you post health-related content on your online marketing related blog then the chances of getting hit are 100%. Because when visitors come to your blog to learn about online marketing and see articles about health, visitors are more likely to bounce back. As a result, your bounce rate is likely to increase.




04. Be careful about writing content

Those of us who work online and SEO are very familiar with the term "Content is King" that content plays an important role in the whole website. If the content of your site is good, the design quality will be fairly good, but the visitors will stay on the site.

So be careful when writing content. Avoiding difficult and incomprehensible words should be written in a simple way. Otherwise, the visitor may get annoyed after reading the post. As a result, the binary rate of the site is likely to increase.




05. Internal linking

Internal linking is one of the ways to keep visitors stuck on the site for a long time. Let's say you have 4 posts in the SEO category on your website.





✔ Basic SEO

✔ Outreach

✔ Guestpost

✔ Backlinks





Now you have internally linked other posts such as outreach, guest post, and backlink posts in Relevant Way in Basic SEO article. As a result, visitors will be interested in basic SEO as well as other things, click on the link and spend more time on the site.




06. Do not use additional ads (do not call pop up ads)

The advertising thing is always annoying. You ask yourself. How do you like to see ads? Of course, the answer would be annoying. There are many sides who start from headers, footers, post soundbars, and advertise on the site 2-3 inches apart. Which is annoying for the visitor. The fewer ads you can use on the website, the better.

Then there is the need for advertising in terms of income, but it should not be a cause of annoyance to visitors. (Personally, I am not in favor of placing pop-up ads on the site)



07. Arrange for visitors to participate

In any case, the chances of increasing the bounce rate of the site are reduced if the website is arranged for the participation of visitors. It can be through various polls/surveys. Visitor participation can also be increased by turning on the comment option on the site.


Since you have finally read the article, I hope you enjoyed the article on how to reduce the bounce rate of a website. If you have any questions in this regard, you can let us know in the comment box. I will try to answer every comment inshaAllah.






Thanks, everyone. Stay well





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