What's Your Bounce Rate??

[Bloggeries]

I find if I get LOTS of social media traffic I have a stupid high bounce rate. I guess same applies to most though

[DJInBoise]

I was thinking about the question and took a look at my bounce rates on Google Analytics. I think the lowest was a video site I have and that's at 66 percent. However I was looking at the average "Time on Site" for all visitors which is about 1:33. I would think that this would be more important than a bounce rate. Because you have to take in consideration how people are getting to your site. If I post a link here in my signature someone might briefly go to my site and then exit. It could be from poor design, not having the content they are looking for or they just wanted to take a quick peek. Having a well developed site, good content and layout is going to keep visitors around longer.

Think about going over to someone's house and visiting. If the house is a mess, the kids are crying, boring coversation.... you're going to bounce much quicker! lol

So anyone know what a good average "Time on Site" is?

[FerrariDave]

My bounce rate are as follows:

Buy Me A Ferrari: 48.25%
FerrariDave: 49.9%

David

[rhyswynne]

One of my sites has a 30% bounce rate (Brand Product Domain Website Business Name Generator my Brand new Brand - thought it does encourage click throughs).

Usually it's between 50% and 70%. It depends if you target your audience well or not.

Ironically, the 70% gets by far the most traffic.

[chris.whiteley]

I checked my bounce rate and cried!

I was surprised to see a bounce rate 86%. Last December I was around 60%

I place most of the blame on Entrecard as it carries a 92% bounce rate and seeing as how I am a new blog, it accounts for most of my traffic. Time to work on some good quality traffic sources!

[Bloggeries]

I checked the forum today and it has a bounce rate of 35.67%! It's also the highest traffic part of the website which is a good thing; I got stumbled and as a result overall bounce has risen slightly over 60% again.

[Ferox]

My three blogs:

Nearly-Dr Ferox:
64.71% bounce rate
2:15 average time on site
Entrecard boucne rate: 82%
Stumbleupon bounce rate: 46.36%

Corollax:
51.30 % bounce rate
1:38 average time on site
Stumbleupon bounce rate: 32.55%
Entrecard bounce rate: 91.92%

Rant of Ferox:
75.00% bounce rate
2 minutes average time on site
not enough traffic for any other interesting stats.

I seem to be doing alright for quality. I just need quantity now

[kirbybowl]

I have two blogs, 3 months old:

A Japanese Pop music blog (reviews, lyrics, randomness, etc.): 64.69%
A work-safe Asian photo blog: 50.59%

The Asian photo blog was originally designed for experimental purposes, since photo blogs are popular and usually result in a higher average page views, which I assume, results in longer visits, and thus lowers your bounce rate.

However, since my blogs are only 3 months old, my statistics aren't as accurate as mature blogs (in terms of extrapolation) >_<

[The University Kid]

54% bounce rate. Fine by me, as long as they comment I'm all good

[WPThemeSite]

Bounce rate usually depends on the site, but a solid bonuce rate of 20-40% is average for my sites. Some have much lower as they are games and people stay forever