Comments on: Is too much advertising killing your website? http://www.gavindoolan.com/website-marketing/is-too-much-advertising-killing-your-website.html Google Analytics & Website Optimiser Specialist Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gavin Doolan http://www.gavindoolan.com/website-marketing/is-too-much-advertising-killing-your-website.html/comment-page-1#comment-20850 Gavin Doolan Wed, 06 May 2009 10:05:19 +0000 http://www.gavindoolan.com/website-marketing/is-too-much-advertising-killing-your-website#comment-20850 Hi Christy thanks for your question. Normal return rates are difficult to give an exact figure or average as it will really depend on the type of website you have. For example I would say that E-commerce type stores would have a relatively low return rate due to the fact that many customers will buy once and not return for some time. However a website that is community orientated and has a blog / forum / other community features is more likely to see a high number of return visits. I run a website with a forum that has a majority of return visits just to give you an idea. 40 minutes on site is very good particularly if you get a large number of visitors on the site that fit within that bracket. The Google Analytics session cookie expires after 30 mins, unless the user is active on your pages so you are obviously doing something right. Hi Christy thanks for your question. Normal return rates are difficult to give an exact figure or average as it will really depend on the type of website you have. For example I would say that E-commerce type stores would have a relatively low return rate due to the fact that many customers will buy once and not return for some time. However a website that is community orientated and has a blog / forum / other community features is more likely to see a high number of return visits. I run a website with a forum that has a majority of return visits just to give you an idea.

40 minutes on site is very good particularly if you get a large number of visitors on the site that fit within that bracket. The Google Analytics session cookie expires after 30 mins, unless the user is active on your pages so you are obviously doing something right.

]]> By: Christy Byrne http://www.gavindoolan.com/website-marketing/is-too-much-advertising-killing-your-website.html/comment-page-1#comment-19613 Christy Byrne Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:15:20 +0000 http://www.gavindoolan.com/website-marketing/is-too-much-advertising-killing-your-website#comment-19613 I launched my site about 1 month ago. Bounce rate seems pretty reasonable/normal, and I am curious what you would think is a "normal rate of return for visitors". I've seen some users spend 40 minutes on the site. So I see major interest, but I am unsure if my visitor return rate percentage is acceptable. Thanks! I launched my site about 1 month ago. Bounce rate seems pretty reasonable/normal, and I am curious what you would think is a “normal rate of return for visitors”. I’ve seen some users spend 40 minutes on the site. So I see major interest, but I am unsure if my visitor return rate percentage is acceptable.
Thanks!

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