Comments on: How related article lists reduce bounce rates and increase page views http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/related-posts-bounce-rates-page-views/ Where to find Malcolm Coles, reviews, and tips on how to do things I couldn't do. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Malcolm Coles http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/related-posts-bounce-rates-page-views/#comment-4249 Malcolm Coles Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:52:32 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2449#comment-4249 Cool. Will give it a go when I get a few minutes. Thanks for the tip! Cool. Will give it a go when I get a few minutes. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Rob http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/related-posts-bounce-rates-page-views/#comment-4248 Rob Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:47:03 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2449#comment-4248 You can. Just pull the stats for Content Drill Down, and at the bottom you will see Filter Page. On my site it's easy because I just type in archive, and it gets stats for posts only. On your site or other sites you may need to be a little creative by finding a popular word you use in many titles like "The". The report will give data for each page, but all you really need to look at is the total results. At last resort it could be left to just looking at your top 10 most popular posts if you are having a hard time filtering. You can. Just pull the stats for Content Drill Down, and at the bottom you will see Filter Page. On my site it's easy because I just type in archive, and it gets stats for posts only. On your site or other sites you may need to be a little creative by finding a popular word you use in many titles like "The". The report will give data for each page, but all you really need to look at is the total results. At last resort it could be left to just looking at your top 10 most popular posts if you are having a hard time filtering.

]]> By: Malcolm Coles http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/related-posts-bounce-rates-page-views/#comment-4247 Malcolm Coles Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:38:49 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2449#comment-4247 "One thing you might want to check is the bounce rate for the pages that include the related posts links, and not include your home page" Good idea - can you do this in google analytics do you know? "One thing you might want to check is the bounce rate for the pages that include the related posts links, and not include your home page"
Good idea - can you do this in google analytics do you know?

]]> By: Rob http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/related-posts-bounce-rates-page-views/#comment-4246 Rob Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:32:53 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2449#comment-4246 I would normally say 3% is not easy, but you have a bounce rate of over 80% so a change in Google algo sending you more targeted visitors could be reasoning alone. One thing you might want to check is the bounce rate for the pages that include the related posts links, and not include your home page or other static pages that don't include it. If related posts did effect it for you those pages probably dropped by more than 3%. I know I'm keeping mine! I would normally say 3% is not easy, but you have a bounce rate of over 80% so a change in Google algo sending you more targeted visitors could be reasoning alone.

One thing you might want to check is the bounce rate for the pages that include the related posts links, and not include your home page or other static pages that don't include it. If related posts did effect it for you those pages probably dropped by more than 3%. I know I'm keeping mine!

]]> By: Malcolm Coles http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/related-posts-bounce-rates-page-views/#comment-4104 Malcolm Coles Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:02:59 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2449#comment-4104 David: I might have got better, but I doubt I've got *that* much better over 2 months. But you're right, the difference wasn't staggering - but just about enough to be interesting I thought. Maybe not ;) David: I might have got better, but I doubt I've got *that* much better over 2 months. But you're right, the difference wasn't staggering - but just about enough to be interesting I thought. Maybe not ;)

]]> By: David Whitehouse http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/related-posts-bounce-rates-page-views/#comment-4092 David Whitehouse Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:11:49 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2449#comment-4092 The figures aren't staggering Malcolm - you could say that your bounce rate has decreased because you have got marginally better at writing blog posts over time (we're all learning, right?) I think the best way seems to be to link to your old articles within the body text, without explaining yourself, it forces people to check it out and understand it. Copyblogger is an excellent example of this - everytime I go there I end up reading about 10 different posts! The figures aren't staggering Malcolm - you could say that your bounce rate has decreased because you have got marginally better at writing blog posts over time (we're all learning, right?)

I think the best way seems to be to link to your old articles within the body text, without explaining yourself, it forces people to check it out and understand it. Copyblogger is an excellent example of this - everytime I go there I end up reading about 10 different posts!

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