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bounce

bounce

13 6.4
A website visit where the person leaves after viewing only one page
  • noun
  • /baʊns/
  • Jargon
translation icon : rebote
  • After analyzing the metrics, the team realized the bounce from last month's traffic was due to irrelevant ads.

Examples

  • To improve user engagement, they focused on reducing the bounce by adding more valuable content to their landing pages.

  • Simply put, find out the reason for your high bounce rate and fix it.

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  • A website can be created and designed so that it has a very low bounce rate.

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  • In addition to this, I think the page bounce rate somehow affects the quality score of keywords.

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  • A design also greatly affects the bounce rate; this can also turn your blog's new visitors into returning visitors.

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  • Some analysts say part of President Obama's post-convention "bounce" can be credited to former President Clinton's speech last week.

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  • The website had a high bounce rate, indicating that many visitors left after viewing just one page.

Antonyms

engagement
  • Jargon
39 3.9

How people interact with online content, like clicks or comments

Idioms

1 7.4

Just after something hits the ground and comes back up, or immediately without delay

End someone's job or relationship suddenly and without warning

Compounds

3 3.0

The movement of a ball or object after it hits a surface and comes back

1 3.4

A quick recovery after a setback

1 4.3

Showing quick recovery after a setback

bounce-back
  • Texting
1 3.7

An automatic message that tells the sender their email was not delivered

1 9.3

A short rise in price after a long fall that then goes down again

How Engaged

engaged
3.4
browsing
14 2.8
bounce
  • Jargon
13 6.4
flying visit
  • UK
1 3.5

Surface Forms

bounce singular
bounces plural

Etymology

Bounce in web analytics is a modern metaphor from the ball image: a visitor who sees one page and then leaves is said to 'bounce' because they hit the page and go away, just like a ball that hits a surface and leaves.