Comments on: Improving Your Blog Stickiness http://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce Website Solutions Expert Thu, 17 May 2012 00:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Teamhttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-1157 Team Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:41:28 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-1157 I am scanning the web to try and find tips with our new theme we are using for our site and just wanted to say thanks for the info on the new update coming with headway, i found other helpful articles here but only came to see about the theme,, thanks I am scanning the web to try and find tips with our new theme we are using for our site and just wanted to say thanks for the info on the new update coming with headway, i found other helpful articles here but only came to see about the theme,, thanks

]]> By: Joel Williamshttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-1101 Joel Williams Sun, 23 May 2010 02:50:47 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-1101 I've never tried that plugin, I'll take a look, thanks! I've never tried that plugin, I'll take a look, thanks!

]]> By: Lorrettehttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-1100 Lorrette Sun, 23 May 2010 02:09:42 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-1100 Thanks Joel for this great advice. There is a free plug-in called WASSUP for wordpress that is an excellent resource for stats on 'pageviews'. Thanks Joel for this great advice. There is a free plug-in called WASSUP for wordpress that is an excellent resource for stats on 'pageviews'.

]]> By: Joel Williamshttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-917 Joel Williams Sat, 22 May 2010 19:50:47 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-917 I've never tried that plugin, I'll take a look, thanks! I've never tried that plugin, I'll take a look, thanks!

]]> By: Lorrettehttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-916 Lorrette Sat, 22 May 2010 19:09:42 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-916 Thanks Joel for this great advice. There is a free plug-in called WASSUP for wordpress that is an excellent resource for stats on 'pageviews'. Thanks Joel for this great advice. There is a free plug-in called WASSUP for wordpress that is an excellent resource for stats on 'pageviews'.

]]> By: joelfriedlanderhttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-800 joelfriedlander Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:43:20 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-800 Thanks Joel, you're a great source of information and education. Thanks Joel, you're a great source of information and education.

]]> By: Joel Williamshttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-801 Joel Williams Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:12:24 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-801 Excellent question! Both really, as both of measures of almost the same thing. Anything over a minute, depending on your niche is great. 3 minutes is longer than I spend on sites I love so I think that's a great measure for you.<br>Bounce rate is the people who leave without going to another page, so just a single page view and off. I don't always think this is necessarily a bad thing as with sites I read often there's no reason for me to click around as I was there yesterday. Again, it all depends on niche, frequency of posting, and other on-page factors - giving the user somewhere to go or something interesting after the article has been read. Excellent question! Both really, as both of measures of almost the same thing. Anything over a minute, depending on your niche is great. 3 minutes is longer than I spend on sites I love so I think that's a great measure for you.
Bounce rate is the people who leave without going to another page, so just a single page view and off. I don't always think this is necessarily a bad thing as with sites I read often there's no reason for me to click around as I was there yesterday. Again, it all depends on niche, frequency of posting, and other on-page factors – giving the user somewhere to go or something interesting after the article has been read.

]]> By: joelfriedlanderhttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-798 joelfriedlander Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:30:16 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-798 Thanks, Joel. I'll take a look at it.<br><br>Another question, about "stickiness." Are you basically judging this by bounce rate or average time on site? I'm getting a 3:02 avg time on site, I wonder if that's good, bad, or ugly? Don't have anything to compare it to. <br><br>Also, I don't really understand bounce rate. Everyone leaves eventually, don't they? Really appreciate your educating us bloggers, Joel, thanks! Thanks, Joel. I'll take a look at it.

Another question, about “stickiness.” Are you basically judging this by bounce rate or average time on site? I'm getting a 3:02 avg time on site, I wonder if that's good, bad, or ugly? Don't have anything to compare it to.

Also, I don't really understand bounce rate. Everyone leaves eventually, don't they? Really appreciate your educating us bloggers, Joel, thanks!

]]> By: Joel Williamshttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-797 Joel Williams Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:36:15 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-797 Glad you liked it Joel. Link Within plugin does take the images automatically. You need to go to their site, put in the URL and the number of items you want to show and it'll create a widget for you to download and install. Very easy! Glad you liked it Joel. Link Within plugin does take the images automatically. You need to go to their site, put in the URL and the number of items you want to show and it'll create a widget for you to download and install. Very easy!

]]> By: joelfriedlanderhttp://blogtechguy.com/1666/improving-your-blog-stickiness-to-stop-bounce/#comment-796 joelfriedlander Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:41:30 +0000 http://blogtechguy.com/?p=1666#comment-796 Joel, terrific article. Especially liked: "Storytelling is a skill which every single person responds to." So true. If you can introduce your post with a story element, you'll capture people's interest.<br><br>Does the Link Within plugin do the photos automatically as well? How does that work, it's much more effective than just a text link. Joel, terrific article. Especially liked: “Storytelling is a skill which every single person responds to.” So true. If you can introduce your post with a story element, you'll capture people's interest.

Does the Link Within plugin do the photos automatically as well? How does that work, it's much more effective than just a text link.

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