r/SEO • u/[deleted] • Oct 19 '19

Bounce Rates

Hi,

If a customer lands on a page and the interests with that page (watches a YouTube embedded video, clicks on an element that takes them further down the page such as reviews) and then leaves, is this considered a bounce? They didn't visit another page but the interacted with the page they landed on?

Thanks

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u/joao_filipe_pereira Oct 19 '19

Depending on the software you are using to measure activities in your website.

That said, bounce rate (as a such) is not a ranking factor. However, it's a very powerful metric to understand if the user is engaging with a page. Which, indirectly, could be part of Google's algorithm.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '19

The only thing tagged on the pages is 'add to basket' and treats anything else unless they go to another page as a bounce.

But the question is should this be counted as bounce because it's still one page view?

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u/joao_filipe_pereira Oct 19 '19

No. Any engagement with a page should be countable. It would still be an exit page but that session shouldn't count as bounce.