Comments for Jeniffer Thompson

Comment on What’s a good bounce rate? by Jeniffer Thompson

Jeniffer Thompson — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:55:40 +0000

Hi Kallum, its important to gauge all of your traffic stats to get a clear picture or what’s working and what is not. It’s the big picture that gives you most accurate story. Wishing you success! Jeniffer

Comment on What’s a good bounce rate? by Jeniffer Thompson

Jeniffer Thompson — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:53:48 +0000

Hi Corey – thank you so much for this comment. Clearly you have a very targeted message and a successful website. I’m so glad you brought this up—it’s always so awesome to see a fantastic success story and remind people to reach for more. Like you say, I think any benchmark needs to be taken with the grain of salt, and as authors and business owners we need to constantly strive to be better. Stay in touch and let me know if you’re ever interested in posting a guest blog about your strategies and successes! All my best, Jeniffer

Comment on What’s a good bounce rate? by Corey Avery

Corey Avery — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:21:29 +0000

Jennifer,
Thanks for the post. I agree with a lot of it regarding post what you advertise. I think any seo campaign needs to start with valid, quality and unique content relative to the keyword you are targeting. What I have to disagree with though is that line where you say anything below 30% is also bad.

Over the last month, my site SoberNation.com has averaged a bounce rate of 19%. With your model that would tell you that not much of my traffic comes from organic search results. To the contrary however, 48% of that traffic comes from organic search results.

Basing calculations of just the organic search results my bounce rate drops another point down to 18%. I guess your below 30% calculation might work for the “general” website, but for a quality niche related website, I think the bounce rate should be below 30%. You could also factor the genre of the website and other things such as whether the site is selling products or providing informational resources.

Who knows though, maybe my site is just that good

Comment on What’s a good bounce rate? by kallum

kallum — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:29:34 +0000

thank you very much for this information. my new website is getting an avg bounce rate of 50% so now i know this is a good sign

Comment on What’s a good bounce rate? by Kristy@Kristy's Place

Kristy@Kristy's Place — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:20:36 +0000

Thank you for this. Now I know that the bounce rate I have is considered in the good range, and I understand it even better.

Comment on New Twitter ad ons by Judy Brizendine

Judy Brizendine — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:23:43 +0000

Thanks for this very helpful post. So much to learn – so little time. —Judy

Comment on Did Greg Mortenson lie? by Jeniffer Thompson

Jeniffer Thompson — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:03:18 +0000

Hi Steve – Thank you. You make great points – sadly, we can’t rely on any news corporation reporting the facts these days and I hope you are right. It seems that not much has happened with the story since – have you seen any follow-up stories countering the 60-minutes take?

Comment on Did Greg Mortenson lie? by Steven Wagner

Steven Wagner — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:26:26 +0000

“…of course they did their research and back up these allegations with several key witnesses…”

I disagree. I think 60 minutes failed to meet journalistic standards on several key points, I don’t think they do always do their research well and their witnesses were hardly people known for honesty and integrity to begin with. Who is going to admit he kidnapped someone? Being held against your will doesn’t always mean you’re subjected to brutality, it can simply mean you’re not free to leave. Hardly an unknown concept in a country whose women can’t leave the home even to seek medical care without being covered from head to toe and with a male, blood relative.

Comment on Build Your Platform through Blog Commenting by Jeniffer Thompson

Jeniffer Thompson — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:24:18 +0000

Hi James! Thanks for the comment. I think your team does a great job of connecting with your audience online – and Halcyon Tea has gotten some tremendous press lately (congratulations) – what would you say is your most powerful social media tool?

Comment on Build Your Platform through Blog Commenting by James

James — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:07:24 +0000

Great post! This seems so simple, yet many folks overlook it. And it is absolutely amazing for building connections in your field.