Comments on: Low Bounce Rate WordPress Themes http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes Web 2.0, Marketing, Analytics, WordPress SEO Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:44 -0600 hourly 1 By: Obama Pacmanhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-15305 Obama Pacman http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-15305 Vladimir, the posts from Cristian and Andrea_R are very similar. Looks like comment spam? There is no way 2 site would get the exact 2.47 page views. The structure of the posts are almost identical too. Vladimir, the posts from Cristian and Andrea_R are very similar. Looks like comment spam? There is no way 2 site would get the exact 2.47 page views. The structure of the posts are almost identical too.

]]> By: John Scott Cothillhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-14702 John Scott Cothill http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-14702 Minimalist, clear designs with big fat ass call to actions FTW!Recently tried and tested - went from a dark theme; http://themeforest.net/item/the-other-blog/19503 to this light, simple (but nice big call to action boxes; http://themeforest.net/item/atlantica-wordpress-premium-portfolio-template/49034 ... I think it helps because readers can actually... well, read my text easily now! ;)Oh... and of course, it is hard to say it was down to this, as it wasn't a clinical test (never can be with SEO!), but I'm averaging a 52% bounce rate now, where as it was around 70%... and traffic/KW positioning increased... but of course, that would make sense to have an increase in rankings.However, let's remember that bounce rates aren't all bad.See my comment on this blog here; http://www.searchenginejournal.com/website-high-bounce-rate/11223/ Minimalist, clear designs with big fat ass call to actions FTW!

Recently tried and tested - went from a dark theme;
http://themeforest.net/item/the-other-blog/19503
to this light, simple (but nice big call to action boxes;
http://themeforest.net/item/atlantica-wordpress-premium-portfolio-template/49034
... I think it helps because readers can actually... well, read my text easily now! ;)

Oh... and of course, it is hard to say it was down to this, as it wasn't a clinical test (never can be with SEO!), but I'm averaging a 52% bounce rate now, where as it was around 70%... and traffic/KW positioning increased... but of course, that would make sense to have an increase in rankings.

However, let's remember that bounce rates aren't all bad.

See my comment on this blog here;
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/website-high-bounce-rate/11223/

]]> By: Joycehttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-14692 Joyce http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-14692 Hello there I was using your theme - amazing grace but I had to give up on it 'cos I wasn't able to publish banner ads or adsense on it. I am a newbie and frankly I don't know much about blogging. I setup my site based on 30 Day Challenge. Anyway I am writing 'cos I would like to be on your bounce rate team if you are setting up one. There always something new to learn in my opinion. So if you are having this team let me know. Hello there I was using your theme - amazing grace but I had to give up on it 'cos I wasn't able to publish banner ads or adsense on it. I am a newbie and frankly I don't know much about blogging. I setup my site based on 30 Day Challenge. Anyway I am writing 'cos I would like to be on your bounce rate team if you are setting up one. There always something new to learn in my opinion. So if you are having this team let me know.

]]> By: explainstuffhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-14362 explainstuff http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-14362 oops sorry, can you merge those two and delete this guy ... (I know you are too much into this getting down as three pages in google... but well .... please merge these three into one)Thanks oops sorry, can you merge those two and delete this guy ... (I know you are too much into this getting down as three pages in google... but well .... please merge these three into one)

Thanks

]]> By: explainstuffhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-14361 explainstuff http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-14361 Well you are filtering ext comments I think.....but here's another try to post the link of that pic at tinypichttp://i29.tinypic.com/352f76a.jpg Well you are filtering ext comments I think.....but here's another try to post the link of that pic at tinypic

http://i29.tinypic.com/352f76a.jpg

]]> By: explainstuffhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-14360 explainstuff http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-14360 I have used both your themes earlier, and am using a few of your plugins. So, I think I shoulda put much better response than what I did.Here is my bounce rate chart from google analytics, since the start of Explainstuff on Mar - 27th 2009. The latest theme I installed is giving me a 7% bounce rate way too good from the last few 70-80% My avg views for the last two days is 2.4/visit.May be it is too early but over 600 users in two days, I think it might be reliable. Also, may be because I'm not scaring them away with all the ads, and shabby mess that I did with atahualpa two weeks back :p<a href="http://tinypic.com" rel="nofollow"></a> I have used both your themes earlier, and am using a few of your plugins. So, I think I shoulda put much better response than what I did.

Here is my bounce rate chart from google analytics, since the start of Explainstuff on Mar - 27th 2009. The latest theme I installed is giving me a 7% bounce rate way too good from the last few 70-80% My avg views for the last two days is 2.4/visit.

May be it is too early but over 600 users in two days, I think it might be reliable. Also, may be because I'm not scaring them away with all the ads, and shabby mess that I did with atahualpa two weeks back :p

]]> By: Bert Hixsonhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-14298 Bert Hixson http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-14298 For the past thirty days, I have...Bounce rate of 57.78% 2.22 pages/visitI am using my own (Son of Blue) theme which is better than the original theme I was using but not much.What seems to have helped my bounce rate was removing older content that was not necessarily related to the services I offer.Thanks Vladimir for you site. I love it. (By the way, I just bought your book on developing plug-ins and very much looking forward to it). For the past thirty days, I have...

Bounce rate of 57.78%
2.22 pages/visit

I am using my own (Son of Blue) theme which is better than the original theme I was using but not much.

What seems to have helped my bounce rate was removing older content that was not necessarily related to the services I offer.

Thanks Vladimir for you site. I love it. (By the way, I just bought your book on developing plug-ins and very much looking forward to it).

]]> By: nbwshttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-14153 nbws http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-14153 Stephen R, I agree. Having the comments in descending date order is counter-intuitive. But, that's the standard for blogs. Though, in all fairness, I've experienced annoyance at the opposite (the correct setup). I've clicked on old forum threads and then had to click all the way to page 6 to read the most recent comments. Stephen R, I agree. Having the comments in descending date order is counter-intuitive. But, that's the standard for blogs. Though, in all fairness, I've experienced annoyance at the opposite (the correct setup). I've clicked on old forum threads and then had to click all the way to page 6 to read the most recent comments.

]]> By: Think Flickhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-13988 Think Flick http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-13988 I am using free WP theme that I tweaked a lot. But how can check my Word-press site "thinkflick.com" Rate...? I am using free WP theme that I tweaked a lot. But how can check my Word-press site "thinkflick.com" Rate...?

]]> By: m()13u5http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-13853 m()13u5 http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-13853 Nice covered study,this is my first time visiting your blog and I enjoy it so much ^_^I will check my bounce rate and will post it here. great post indeed Nice covered study,

this is my first time visiting your blog and I enjoy it so much ^_^

I will check my bounce rate and will post it here. great post indeed

]]> By: Christopherhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-13813 Christopher http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-13813 This is good! This is good!

]]> By: Chrishttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-13798 Chris http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-13798 It would be interesting to see how bounce rate relates to a specific theme. This seems hard to measure unless one is using the same content with 2 different themes..amazing blue grace 58,88 bounce rate at 2,41 views currently 500 visitors a day It would be interesting to see how bounce rate relates to a specific theme. This seems hard to measure unless one is using the same content with 2 different themes..

amazing blue grace
58,88 bounce rate at 2,41 views
currently 500 visitors a day

]]> By: Vladimirhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-13724 Vladimir http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-13724 Heh I read you. When comments go forwards you have people who will leave a comment just so that they are in the first place. Also when you have more than 100 comments (common thing on my blog) you need to scroll down awfully lot to get to the freshest one. Heh I read you. When comments go forwards you have people who will leave a comment just so that they are in the first place. Also when you have more than 100 comments (common thing on my blog) you need to scroll down awfully lot to get to the freshest one.

]]> By: Stephen Rhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-13723 Stephen R http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-13723 Somewhat off-topic, but am I the only one who is turned off by comments that go backwards? Pages such as this one make it very hard to follow the conversation because comments keep referring to earlier comments I haven't read yet....Very annoying, an makes me much less likely to read them or leave my own. Somewhat off-topic, but am I the only one who is turned off by comments that go backwards? Pages such as this one make it very hard to follow the conversation because comments keep referring to earlier comments I haven't read yet....

Very annoying, an makes me much less likely to read them or leave my own.

]]> By: Mike Schinkelhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/low-bounce-rate-wordpress-themes/comment-page-1#comment-13718 Mike Schinkel http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1113#comment-13718 On my site http://pm-sherpa.com I am using a modified Thesis theme and for the past month here are my stats from Google analytics:4,134 -- Visits 19,640 -- Pageviews 4.75 -- Pages/Visit 38.90% -- Bounce Rate 00:05:05 -- Avg. Time on Site 70.00% -- % New VisitsThe site is "Quantified" so you can verify the traffic: http://www.quantcast.com/pm-sherpa.comHTH. On my site http://pm-sherpa.com I am using a modified Thesis theme and for the past month here are my stats from Google analytics:

4,134 -- Visits
19,640 -- Pageviews
4.75 -- Pages/Visit
38.90% -- Bounce Rate
00:05:05 -- Avg. Time on Site
70.00% -- % New Visits

The site is "Quantified" so you can verify the traffic:
http://www.quantcast.com/pm-sherpa.com

HTH.

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