Hi, I've asked myself several times how Google Analytics calculates bounce rates... We know the general rule, but what is your opinion in the next cases: 1.visitor comes in and clicks on an AdSense link - clicked nothing on the site, so I think it counts in bounce rate (makes bounce rate higher)... or not? 2.visitor plays a video after entry, stays 3-4 minutes, as long as the video goes, then leaves by hitting the "back" button - does this add to the bounce rate? 3.visitor arrives, stays on page and views a JQuery image library, then hits the "back" button - does this inflate or reduce bounce rate? 4.visitor arrives, fills in a form and fills in a form, hits "submit", but this happens without directing the visitor to a new page - visitor remains on the same page after submission - how does this influence bounce rate? 5.visitor enters page, then a popped-up/floating "window" appears for signing up for newsletter, visitor sign up and leaves site - how does this influence bounce rate? Many thanks for sharing your opinions
I believe a bounce only occurs when a user comes from Google or another site and visits a single page on your site then hits the back button and returns to the original source. A user which watches a video embedded in the page and then hits the back button likely would be counted as having bounced.
I am afraid just about anything I enumerated counts as a "bounce". I still think if a visitor clicks AdSense or if they type in a new URL, without hitting the "back" button, it would still count as a "bounce".
I think people landing in a single page in our website and not close it for so long time (?) will also be counted as bounce ?
Bounce rate increases because of several reasons like inadequate content or information related to the previously browsed content, or it may be due to some technical reasons.
I think, bonus rate its calculate with each request to the analytics code. low time is bounce. A only request is a bounce.