Hi Guys. We changed our urls from dynamic to static. On 16 May 2012 the bouce rate went from 15% to 50% and above. We didn't change the content, nor we changed the design of the site. We simply moved the dynamic urls to static and the old urls were redirected with 301. Does anybody know why that happened? The website is http://i-Courses.org. I also wonder if bounce rate features into google algorithm? The change also negatively affected Pagevews and Pages/Visit. Thank you in advance!
Hi, Google doesn't use data from GA to determine your ranking in search (that's what they say - I also didn't see any contradicting evidence). In my experience redirects can certainly mass with GA and bother it to collect data properly. My first try would be to cancel the redirect on 1 page and see of the bounce rate goes back to 15%. If so - I would contact GA - they would be able to determine why.. Good luck