Comments on: Problems with the Bounce Rate in the Top Content Report http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/problems-with-the-bounce-rate-in-the-top-content-report/ Ambient and Transparent Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Lars Meyer http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/problems-with-the-bounce-rate-in-the-top-content-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2997 Lars Meyer Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:47:49 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2997 Apart from flash, Ajax on your website can also be a problem when trying to measure your bounce rate correctly, as I have written about here: http://www.intramedia.dk/bounce-rate.aspx. Too many websites are not developed in a way that ensures the correct registration af Bounces with an ordinary Google Analytics integration. With complex websites and webdesign and can be a real pain to call/instanciate the analytics code manuelly og dynamically via javascript directly in the ajax or jquery calls. Apart from flash, Ajax on your website can also be a problem when trying to measure your bounce rate correctly, as I have written about here: http://www.intramedia.dk/bounce-rate.aspx.
Too many websites are not developed in a way that ensures the correct registration af Bounces with an ordinary Google Analytics integration. With complex websites and webdesign and can be a real pain to call/instanciate the analytics code manuelly og dynamically via javascript directly in the ajax or jquery calls.

]]> By: Rehan Asif http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/problems-with-the-bounce-rate-in-the-top-content-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 Rehan Asif Fri, 29 May 2009 17:38:09 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2749 If the Google Analytics tracking code (GATC) doesn't load until they hit the https site there should not be any problems with URL rewrites or redirects. Can you determine if the GATC loads when someone requests the http site and before they are redirected? It is quite normal to have people bouncing from the homepage. What kind of bounce rates are you seeing? If the Google Analytics tracking code (GATC) doesn’t load until they hit the https site there should not be any problems with URL rewrites or redirects.
Can you determine if the GATC loads when someone requests the http site and before they are redirected?

It is quite normal to have people bouncing from the homepage. What kind of bounce rates are you seeing?

]]> By: how to fix it with ssl redirect http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/problems-with-the-bounce-rate-in-the-top-content-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 how to fix it with ssl redirect Fri, 29 May 2009 15:35:51 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2748 We have a site that is full ssl so the domain goes like this: https://www.example.com in order to redirect all users who type http://www.example.com to https://www.example.com we are using and .htaccess rewrite rule. How can we fix the google code or do something in order to lower the bounce rate from users entering the site via http://www.example.com ? I noticed that all bounce is from / page Thanks for the help We have a site that is full ssl so the domain goes like this:

https://www.example.com

in order to redirect all users who type http://www.example.com to https://www.example.com we are using and .htaccess rewrite rule.

How can we fix the google code or do something in order to lower the bounce rate from users entering the site via http://www.example.com ?

I noticed that all bounce is from / page

Thanks for the help

]]> By: Rehan Asif http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/problems-with-the-bounce-rate-in-the-top-content-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Rehan Asif Tue, 05 May 2009 17:16:59 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2731 Hi Jeff, Google Analytics is not supposed to count https as a separate session. Depending on how your site is configured and the transition to https from http, you may need to modify the Google Analytics tracking code that goes on every page. If you are not sure what to do to fix the problem, give us a call. Hi Jeff,

Google Analytics is not supposed to count https as a separate session.
Depending on how your site is configured and the transition to https from http, you may need to modify the Google Analytics tracking code that goes on every page.
If you are not sure what to do to fix the problem, give us a call.

]]> By: Jeff Vogt http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/problems-with-the-bounce-rate-in-the-top-content-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2729 Jeff Vogt Mon, 04 May 2009 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2729 I was getting a bounce rate on non-landing page and it turned out that this was the first page where I switch over to SSL. It appears Google counts https as a separate session. I was getting a bounce rate on non-landing page and it turned out that this was the first page where I switch over to SSL. It appears Google counts https as a separate session.

]]> By: Jason Redwood http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/problems-with-the-bounce-rate-in-the-top-content-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2722 Jason Redwood Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:59:47 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2722 Another thing to consider is that this can occur not only if the prior page has no tracking code installed, but if the form was a PDF file, or Flash form, both of which, can reside off-line and still post form data to the web server. Another thing to consider is that this can occur not only if the prior page has no tracking code installed, but if the form was a PDF file, or Flash form, both of which, can reside off-line and still post form data to the web server.

]]> By: Cassandra http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/problems-with-the-bounce-rate-in-the-top-content-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2719 Cassandra Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:52:18 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2719 great post and I agree with you that there should be a way to remove the "bounce rate" column. great post and I agree with you that there should be a way to remove the “bounce rate” column.

]]> By: Rehan Asif http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/problems-with-the-bounce-rate-in-the-top-content-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2712 Rehan Asif Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:11:57 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=709#comment-2712 I will add that subdomains or multiple domains without the right tracking code can lead to thank you pages being classified as entry/landing pages. I will add that subdomains or multiple domains without the right tracking code can lead to thank you pages being classified as entry/landing pages.

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