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What Is Bounce Rate In Google Analytics? How To Reduce It?

What is bounce rate in google analytics and how to reduce bounce rate is the most frequently asked question from the bloggers who don�t know or have a little knowledge about wordpress blog analysis.

Bounce rate is very important metrics for our blogs or websites. Bounce rate helps bloggers to analyze their blog and to improve performance of blogs. But the main important parameter is the correct interpretation of google analytics bounce rate data. Let�s first see what is bounce rate in google analytics.

What Is Bounce Rate? What Does Bounce Rate Mean?

The google defines bounce rate as:

�The bounce rate is the percentage of bounced visits to your blog�

In simple words, bounce rate is the percentage of single page visits or visits in which the visitors leave or bounce your blog from the landing page.

Therefore lower bounce rate is better for your blog and of course for bloggers. Because lower bounce rate indicates that majority of your visitors are interested in reading other great content on your blog.

Bounce Rate And Exit Rate � Same Or Different?

Do you know what exit rate is? Perhaps you may be confused between bounce rate and exit rate. Are both terms bounce rate and exit rate same or different? Yes, both the metrics bounce rate and exit rate are different.

Bounce rate Vs Exit Rate

You now clearly know what does bounce rate mean. But bounce rate sometimes confuses bloggers with exit rate. Both are completely different metrics in google analytics.

What is bounce rate?

�Bounce rate represents the percentage of visitors who enter the site and bounce means leave the blog rather than continue reading other pages or posts within the same blog�

What is exit rate?

�Exit rate represents the percentage of visitors to a blog who actively click away to a different blog or website from a specific page, after possibly having visited any other pages or posts on the blog but the visitors just exited from that specific page�

Now I can assume that you can have clear idea what does bounce rate and exit rate mean.

Which Visitors Are Calculated As Bounced Visitors?

The following visits or clicks are counted as the bounce visits:

#1. A visitor comes from the referred link sent by a friend or anyone else, reads the content on that page of your blog and closes the browser.

#2. A visitor comes to your blog and clicks on the external referred link in your page and that external link opens in the same browser tab or window.

#3. A visitor comes to your blog home page, observe or read your home page for a minute or two and then leave your blog.

#4. A visitor reads landing page of your blog and clicks the back button on browser.

#5. A visitor comes directly to your blog�s referred page from a web search, leaves that page as it is in browser while performing other tasks in other browser tab or window and the session timed out.

#6. A visitor, who comes on your blog page, reads it and without visiting a second page types new url in browser.

How Bounce Rate Is Calculated?

Now you know what bounce rate in google analytics is and which types of clicks are counted as bounce clicks. So, let�s see how to calculate the bounce rate.

Bounce Rate = Total No. Of Visitors Who Only View Single Page/ Total No. Of Visitors Who Enter To That Page

For example, if your page receives total 500 visitors and from this 185 visitors leave your page without viewing second page (due to any of the mention reasons for bouncing above), your bounce rate is,

Bounce Rate= 185/500=0.37 OR 37%

I think you got it now. No need to explain further about calculating google analytics bounce rate.

What Is A Good And Ideal Bounce Rate?

I am so many times asked that what the normal or average bounce rate is. Bounce rate differs depending on the type of the blogs or websites.

It is difficult to say what is the ideal bounce rate and what should be the good range for bounce rate.

According to me,

No doubt, 0 % is the ideal bounce rate but it is nearly impossible for all bloggers to achieve this bounce rate.

If your blog have bounce rate below 30%, then no need to worry. It�s a good and normal bounce rate.

If your blog have bounce rate between 30% to 60%, then it is the range where most of the blogs stand. You do not need to worry more but have to monitor your bounce rate and decrease to reduce bounce rate.

If your blog have bounce rate above 60%, then it�s a high bounce rate. You should think about it and try to reduce bounce rate.

Importance Of Understanding Bounce Rate In Google Analytics

Till now you know what is bounce rate and how to calculate it. But you may be thinking that why it is important to understand about bounce rate and how it can be useful to bloggers.

Below are few benefits you can get from understanding your blog bounce rate:

#1. If your bounce rate is lower, it assures you that you are doing many things in right direction.

#2. If your bounce rate is higher, it tells you to think and find out the ways to increase engaging power of your blog. Higher bounce rate indicates you to improve content on your blog pages.

#3. If your blog design is responsible for higher bounce rate, then it indicates redesign of your blog.

#4. As I said before, bounce rate is a good indicator of the quality of traffic coming to your blog.

#5. Bounce rate data shows you which pages make visitors sticky and attract them. So you can create similar pages.

#6. Bounce rate shows you that how much engaging power your blog have.

#7. Watch your advertising market like adwords (or other PPC) has increased bounce rate and adjust your marketing accordingly.

#8. You can analyze whether organic traffic is perfect for your blog or if you are ranking for keywords that don�t interest and hold visitors.

Watch the video below and you will know why Avinash Kaushik calls bounce rate the �Brilliantly Powerful Metric�

How To Reduce Bounce Rate

Here are few tips to decrease your blog bounce rate:

#1. Improve your blog pages loading speed

#2. Remove unnecessary audio and video clips from your blog

#3. Attractive blog design helps in reducing bounce rate

#4. Make your blog layout compatible with all possible browsers

#5. Where necessary, add proper and meaningful images

#6. Always write important content above the fold

#7. Show related posts / content on each pages

#8. Remove all distractions from blog pages

#9. Focus on clean and easy navigation

#10. Keep your blog always updated

#11. Make visitors search your blog, add a search box to pages

#12. Add contact form for readers to contact you

#13. Smartly interlink all your blog posts and pages

#14. Wisely make use of sidebar of your blog to reduce bounce rate

#15. Breakdown (split) long posts / pages

#16. Do not fill your blog with so many ads

#17. Always make all external links on pages open in new tab / window

Final Words

In a nutshell,

Lower the bounce rate of blogs, Higher the bounce of bloggers

Do you like this detailed explanation for what is bounce rate? Is this post helpful to you? I do my job, now it�s your turn. Use the comment section below and write your precious thoughts or doubts. If you like this post, please consider sharing this post on social media sites. So other bloggers can also take benefits.
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Enjoy Guys! and don’t forget to post your comments. � MyTricksTime.com

How to Add Beautiful Drop-Down Menu to Blogger/Blog

I was recently asked by some of this blog loyal reader that I should make a post on how they can add a beautiful drop-down menu to their blogger blog.

Presently, there are many ways to add a drop-down menu to blogger blogs but most of these methods are sometime complicated or wrong. So today, a simple and easy method will be explained here on how a beautiful drop-down menu can be added to blogger blogs and how you can easily customize it to your taste.

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard ==>Template ==> Edit HTML

2. Now search for ]]></b:skin> in your template. This can be easily searched for by usingCTRL + F.

3. Paste the code below above the code stated in the 2nd step.

.menu{
border: 2px solid black;
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
font: 67.5% �Century Gothic�, �Bitstream Vera Sans�, �Trebuchet Unicode MS�, �Lucida Grande�, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:15px;
font-weight:bold;
}
.menu ul{
background: pink;
height:35px;
list-style:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.menu li{
float:left;
padding:0px;
}
.menu li a{
background: pink;
color: black;
display:block;
font-weight: normal;
line-height:35px;
margin:0px;
padding:0px 25px;
text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;
}
.menu li a:hover, .menu ul li:hover a{
background: black;
color: lightblue;
text-decoration:none;
}
.menu li ul{
background: pink;
display: none;
height:auto;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
border:0px;
position:absolute;
width:225px;
z-index:200;
/*top:1em;
/*left:0;*/
}
.menu li:hover ul{
display:block;

}
.menu li li {
background: ;
display:block;
float:none;
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
width:225px;
}
.menu li:hover li a{
background: ;

}
.menu li ul a{
display:block;
height:35px;
font-size:12px;
font-style:normal;
margin:0px;
padding:0px 10px 0px 15px;
text-align:left;
}
.menu li ul a:hover, .menu li ul li:hover a{
background: lightblue;
border: 0px solid black;
color: black;
text-decoration:none;
}
.menu p{
clear:left;
}

4.Now save your template then go back to �Layout� and add an �HTML/JavaScript� widget. Then copy and paste the code below into the �HTML/Javascript Widget� box:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC �-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN�
    �http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd�>
    <html xmlns=�http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml� xml:lang=�en� lang=�en�>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv=�content-type� content=�text/html; charset=utf-8? />
    <title></title>
    <link rel=�stylesheet� href=�menu_style.css� type=�text/css� />
    </head>
    <body>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class=�menu�>
    <ul>
    <li><a href=�#� >Home</a></li>
    <li><a href=�#� >About Us</a></li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Recipes</a>
    <ul>
    <li><a href=�#�>Breakfast</a></li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Lunch</a></li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Dinner</a></li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Dessert</a></li>
    </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Photography<br />
    </a>
    <ul>
    <li><a href=�#�>Babies</a></li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Families</a></li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Seniors</a></li>
    </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Crafts</a>
    <ul>
    <li><a href=�#�>Scrapbooking</a></li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Kids Crafts</a></li>
    </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href=�#�>Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
    </div>

    </body>
    </html>

5. Finally, drag the widget to the area where you want it to show.

Enjoy Guys! and don’t forget to post your comments. � MyTricksTime.com

Why I Love Blogger | New Dynamic View Launched

The first good thing about Blogger it’s free, it’s easy to use, It’s secure then any other service, and you no need to think about new ideas and gadgets. Google always work on them. After i started on blogger they released template designer, recent post gadget, popular post, and total visits gadget. After some days the awesome feature stats released. Comment moderation and Mobile view, and now blogger has released dynamic view.

Although these views are not available for HackTheWorld without pawan’s permission but as soon as he will be free , we will try to try…..

Blogger currently offers five dynamic views for its public blogs. These views are only accessible if allowed for by the blog author.
Flipcard: available at [blogURL]/view/flipcard
Mosaic: available at [blogURL]/view/mosaic
Sidebar: available at [blogURL]/view/sidebar
Snapshot: available at [blogURL]/view/snapshot
Timeslide: available at [blogURL]/view/timeslide

As an example, the URL for accessing the Sidebar view for Blogger Buzz would be http://buzz.blogspot.com/view/sidebar.

These views require modern browsers such as Internet Explorer 8+, Firefox 3.5+, Chrome or Safari. Many elements of these views will not work should you have an older browser.

In all views, search is available in the upper right hand corner. Clicking on the “>” arrow in the very top left of the header bar will slide the header bar across and allow you to choose different views for the current blog as well as type in a new blog URL.

Flipcard

Mouse over any of the cards to see the post title and comment count. As you scroll down, additional posts will continue to load.

Click on a card to see the post in full view. You can navigate through the posts using J (older post) and K (newer post) or the arrow keys. Hit escape or click Back to all posts to return to the Flipcard view.
In the upper left, click to sort by Date, Author and Category.

Mosaic

Clicking on an individual tile will expand that post to the full width of the view, and clicking again will collapse the post back into its original position.
The exact position of the tiles is randomly determined each time the blog loads, but they will appear chronologically from top left to bottom right.
Once a tile is expanded, you can page down by using the “up” and “down” arrow keys as well as J and K.
This view is optimized for the tablet viewing, and supports screen rotation.

Sidebar

Optimized for quick reading and browsing.
Left sidebar is list of chronological posts, with comment counts and thumbnails for individual posts.
J and K arrow keys will navigate through the posts, and comments can be displayed on the same page by clicking the Show link.

Snapshot

This view will display only the posts which have images.
Clicking through any photo will display the full post page, with naviagtion links at the bottom for Newer and Older posts
Mousing over any photo will display a post snippet

Timeslide

This view breaks the blog content down into three different areas:
- Left column: Enlarged picture with a post snippet, title, and snipppet displayed in chronological order
- Middle column: Displays just the post title and snippet
- Right column: Displays just the individual post titles
When searching for posts in this view, the results will be highlighted

Enjoy Guys! and don’t forget to post your comments. � MyTricksTime.com

Best 10 websites to store your images

1.PHOTOSHOP.COM

PHOTOSHOP.COM is
an Adobe product. Photoshop Express is the online editor for
the Photoshop.com services. You can upload, manage, edit and
share your images on this website. Printing services are available
only for US-based members. The website offers some of the
best online image editing options. You can use Photoshop
Elements to upload images on to the website. You can edit
images from on your Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, or Picasa
accounts.
The website supports collaborative photo blogging.

2 PHOTO.NET
THIS website is for amateur photographers who require
online assistance. There are diff erent moderators overlooking
each section of the website where images are posted. Apart
from receiving insightful comments on your photography skills
from resident experts, you will fi nd a lot of tips on buying the
right equipment, basic and advanced tutorials, photography
books, etc. You can order photo prints and gifts and purchase
other photography related equipment like still cameras, lenses
and tripods.

3 SNAPFISH
Although more of a photo store than an image
hosting service, Snapfi sh nevertheless is a product from HP
Labs which doubles up as photo sharing service. Apart from
basic image fi xes, you can add image captions and invite your
friends to view and add images to your album. You can order
high quality prints and photo gifts from the site. Popular sites
like photobucket and Picasa use Snapfi sh services for ordering

photo prints and gifting requests from their existing users. The
quality of prints is also excellent.

4 PICASAWEB
Coming from the Google stable, Picasa is one of the
most popular photo storage and sharing websites. You can
also make image based movies and collages using images
stored online through the Picasa desktop application. The
application also provides assistance to carry out basic image
editing; collage creating, image blogging and uploading. You
can run slideshows and order prints and photo gifts online
too. Public images can be viewed directly but private images
require invitation by the album owner. You can further secure
your photographs by enabling the ‘Sign-in required to view’
album option. This web service supports viewer comments and
collaborative photo blogging too.

5 WEBSHOTS
WEBSHOTS is a very interactive photo sharing web
portal. You can opt for a free or a premium account. Unlike other
portals, there is no size-based limit but a number based limit
(you can store and share 1,000 free and 5,000 personal photos
on the premium account for starters.) Apart from printing your
personal pictures as photo and on various photo gifts, you can
also download and print photographs taken by professional
photographers. The website has collaborated with PhotoWorks
for photo and gift printing. Like Picasa, this website also has
a provision to use desktop application for easy management
of your online photos. The website also extends support for
mobile updates.

6.SHUTTERFLY
JUST like Snapfi sh, shutterfl y is a web portal which is
essentially a photo printing service rather than a photo sharing
service. Nevertheless, you can use the website to back up your
personal photos and share them too. Your friends don’t need
to sign up to view your uploaded images; you can share the
album link to enable a slideshow view of your photos. You can
also organize, edit, upload and share photographs through its
desktop application. Apart from basic image fi xes, you can add
free borders and personalized captions to further customize your
images. You can also print photos with short message on their
reverse to keep the magical moments alive. The website supports
collaborative photo blogging.

7 MULTIPLY.COM
INSTEAD of merely uploading, sharing and printing your
photos, if you plan to host them on a web address of your own,
then multiply.com is a good option to look at. You can get your
own sub-domain, maintain your blog, network with your net
friends, upload photos and videos and use your uploaded media
in your blog posts. You can also order photo prints and photo
gifts online. The website does not support collaborative photo
blogging, but members can post comments on your media fi les.

8 IMAGESHACK
ALTHOUGH this web portal is tipped to be the 5th
largest in its genre, certain features the site has to off er fall short
of expectations. Image correction only includes rotating an image
in either direction. You can add your images to your blog, create

image slide shows and get codes for sharing images on email,
forums, and websites. You can import your Flickr images to your
Imageshack album. While their contemporaries off er a host of
complimentary services, Imageshack acts as a mere repository
where you can backup and share your images.

9 PHOTOBUCKET
Photobucket is said to be the one of the largest
image sharing web portals in the world. This website supports
collaborative photo blogging. Your visitors do not need to have to
a Photobucket account to view images from shared albums. You
can customize your Photobucket account using the listed themes.
You can also edit images and add frames and other eff ects to
them. You can search for images on the website. The portal off ers
specialized services like printing photo gifts, creating collages or
slideshows for your social networking profi les and blog sites. You
can even create your own professional online scrap book though
scrapblog.com.

10 FLICKR.COM
EVER since Yahoo! photos shut down operations, the
company has focused its energies to provide similar features to
its users via Flickr.com. You can create a Flickr account through
your Yahoo! account. The website supports collaborative photo
blogging, meaning you can invite your friends to a group for
making changes to photos appearing in particular albums (called
‘sets’). The website provides basic image fi xing via picnik.com. You
can also use uploaded images for photo gifts. The website has
provisions to edit multiple images in a single batch. You can add
locations tags to your images via Yahoo! Maps.
Enjoy Guys!
and don’t forget to post your comments. � MyTricksTime.com

6 Ways To Manage Your Blogging Schedule

here is no answer for a question like this �how often you blog�. But it is the blogger who must know how often he/she can blog in order to plan his schedule in order to optimize the time he have. There are many bloggers whose primary activity is other than blogging. So it is a good idea to manage one�s blogging schedule upfront.

1. Prepare a posting schedule

Many of us procrastinate that there is hardly any time for blogging due their daily busy schedule. It is the duty of the blogger to find some time for blogging. One can find sufficient time even for blogging; all he has to do is prepare some time schedule (in advance). The blogger has to budget how often he will blog, how much free time is available and how long he will blog posts. Depending upon all the above criteria one can prepare a posting schedule and manage their time efficiently and effectively.

2.Take help from others

Bloggers whose primary activity is other than blogging finds little bit of time for blogging and maintain their blog. It is a very good idea to take some help from others when he finds no time to blog himself. There are many people around us who can give a helping hand to maintain our blogs in the form of friends, families, co-workers, etc. It is the duty of the blogger to give some directions at the time he takes help from others.

3. Schedule your posts in advance

There are times where one can find no time at all to blog. There are many reasons for being busy to find no time for blogging. One of those reasons which occur frequently is leaving on your trips. Before going to tours, which are unavoidable, one has to write all those posts and schedules them the way they would like to post.

4.Take assist of other bloggers

There are many bloggers who are ready to help to post some of their articles in our blog; all we have to do is request them. It is the duty of the blogger to find those bloggers who are like minded. One can find bloggers who are like minded by reading articles of other bloggers and bookmark mark them if necessary. One can even find guest bloggers from the community or even from friends and families.

5.Blogging while traveling

With the rapid growth in technology one can find some time for blogging while they travel. There are many gadgets around us which can be used to blog even when we travel. Some of those gadgets are notebooks, iPad, smart phones, etc. one can even use internet cafes on the go, which can be found anywhere.

6. Be flexible with the blogging schedule

There are times where one finds that the entire schedule we prepared doesn�t go according to our ways. It is good to be cautious and flexible regarding to our schedule and be prepared if there are any upsets. It is a better option to have few articles ready in advance.
Enjoy Guys! and don’t forget to post your comments. � MyTricksTime.com