goodroi
msg:4237111 | 11:04 pm on Nov 30, 2010 (gmt 0) |
if 5-10 visits a day can significantly impact your bounce rate i think you have bigger problems.
personally i would not worry too much about it. i have not yet seen evidence that the bounce rate is a significant part of the google ranking algo. i would focus on developing quality links and content. that should help increase your traffic level to the point that 10 visits wont move your bounces rate :)
ps good job monitoring your analytics and looking at your log files to notice this
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Samizdata
msg:4237123 | 11:45 pm on Nov 30, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| According to Analytics the visitor uses Safari on a Mac |
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Check the full user-agent in your raw access logs.
It will probably include the words "Google Web Preview".
[webmasterworld.com...]
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caribguy
msg:4237126 | 11:50 pm on Nov 30, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Safari "Top Sites" perhaps? [webmasterworld.com...]
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roodle
msg:4237184 | 2:42 am on Dec 1, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| if 5-10 visits a day can significantly impact your bounce rate i think you have bigger problems. |
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Well, it's a niche site. No big e-commerce here. A couple of hundred visits a day means 5-10 "visits" make a difference. I'd hope Google understands scale.
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goodroi
msg:4237306 | 12:21 pm on Dec 1, 2010 (gmt 0) |
google does understand scale and it seems like they have multiple ways of measuring a site. i have some small niche websites and the metrics for those sites can greatly vary but my google rankings always stay high.
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roodle
msg:4237351 | 1:54 pm on Dec 1, 2010 (gmt 0) |
The thing that bugs me about this though is that if it is a preview of some kind, why is it continually registering as a Google referal? Surely it would be a direct traffic?
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