What Is Bounce Rate
Bounce Rate is shown as a percentage and is worked out by how many visitors come on to your website and perform an action on the first page. This action can be like clicking on a link to another page on your site.
The term Bounce Rate is used frequently within marketing because it’s a vital ranking factor in search engines that a lot of businesses overlook. So why is it a ranking factor? It lets Google know that your page is valuable enough that visitors go onto more pages on your site. But in simple terms, Google will know if your page holds valuable information for the search query, so if your bounce rate is low then Google will think your page isn’t relative enough for that ranking keyword.
How To Increase Bounce Rate
A simple first step to increase bounce rate would be to add CTA (call to action) more on your pages. An example is below; we placed our services in our footer because when visitors come onto our website and finish reading the page, we help them to navigate more around our site. This doesn't only keep potential clients on our site but will increase bounce rate allowing us to rank better.
What About For An Ecommerce Store?
To help keep the bounce rate on your ecommerce store above average is to include a selection of products that relate to the current product. So if they're looking at a shirt, you could showcase an outfit that could be brought with the shirt. Or even similar types of that style or brand. This can make the customer explore more options and can even increase the average basket size on your ecommerce store.
