How to get rid off the high bounce rate without adding the GA to /phpBB3?

Hi and thanks for reading!

I have a problem with my site:

The actual site part consists of static pages and they (of course) have the GA code, but I haven't installed it to the phpBB3 forum since I've heard it slowers it down.

The forum is installed on /phpBB3.

But that's why GA gives me a really big bounce rate, which is not true - the most of the visitors don't leave the page, they just enter to the forum.

So is there any solution for this?


Thanks!

Voimis

 

If your code isn't installed on the forum you will have a high bounce rate because only one page in their visit is logged. The bounce rate is a measure single page visits. If all of your visitors are only tracked on one page, they will all be single page visits and have a very high bounce rate.

 

Hi!

I understant what you are saying and actually I knew it already.

I wasn't clear enough with my starter post's question:
is there any way to avoid the high bounce WITHOUT adding the GA to the forum?

So - is it possible to configure GA to understand that visitors clicking the forum link arent actually leaving the site?

 

Yes, you would need to create a javascript action to call the analytics tracker when the link is clicked. It's not perfect, but will work in lieu of putting code on your forum.

 

How can I do this?

And what you mean exactly with "it's not perfect"? Does it do some harm or what?

 

Just install the code to the forum. It's not going to slow it down. Digital Point runs Google Analytics, and though it may often be down, it's not slow.

 

Thanks camp185, I will do that!

 

No problem....

 

Obviously the best for the GA code would be in the overall_footer.* file just before the closing of the body elemenent (</body), wouldn't it?

Is there anything else to do when dealing with phpbb3 and GA?

Thanks!