Building a Better Bounce Trap: Making Sense of Google Analytics

Aug 6, 2012 by Aaron Rubman

Beautiful websites are a joy to look at, but it’s the return on investment that defines the value of a business website. Google Analytics are a great help in measuring ROI and the Bounce Rate is one of the immediately accessible measures.

What Is a “Bounce”?

Bounce Rate 81.36According to Google Analytics, any “single-page view or single-event trigger in a session or visit” is a bounce. In other words, if someone shows up on your site, sees a single page, and leaves before doing anything else they have “bounced off” …

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