{"id":3001,"date":"2018-07-15T23:04:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T22:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2019-04-23T16:49:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T15:49:01","slug":"pogo-sticking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/pogo-sticking\/","title":{"rendered":"Pogo Sticking Vs Bounce Rate And #1 Tricks To Improve Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster<\/span><\/strong> you must<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> become familiar<\/span> with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>pogo sticking<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>bounce rate<\/strong><\/span>, these two entities are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">often confusing<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That&#8217;s<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> why I have decided<\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dedicate<\/span> an entire article <strong>explaining<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>what<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they are<\/span> so that you <strong>won&#8217;t<\/strong> <strong>forget<\/strong> it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will also tell you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what are some <strong>advanced tricks<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0you can use to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">improve<\/span> the values of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pogo sticking<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bounce rate<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two entities<\/span> need to be <strong>considered<\/strong> while <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">looking<\/span> at your <strong>SEO analytics<\/strong> and when you are trying to create a more effective <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/seo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEO plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blog<\/span>, we are going to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">talk<\/span> about <strong>SEO<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/make-money-with-affiliate-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>affiliate marketing<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/make-money-online-from-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to make money online<\/a>. 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But for now, let&#8217;s talk about pogo sticking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/pogo-sticking\/#What_Are_Pogo_Sticking_And_Bounce_Rate\" >What Are Pogo Sticking And Bounce Rate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/pogo-sticking\/#How_To_Measure_Pogo_Sticking_And_Bounce_Rate\" >How To Measure Pogo Sticking And Bounce Rate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/pogo-sticking\/#Tips_To_Reduce_Your_Websites_Pogo_Sticking\" >Tips To Reduce Your Websites Pogo Sticking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/pogo-sticking\/#Tips_To_Reduce_Your_Websites_Bounce_Rates\" >Tips To Reduce Your Websites Bounce Rates<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/pogo-sticking\/#How_To_Reduce_Those_Metrics_Explained\" >How To Reduce Those Metrics Explained<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/pogo-sticking\/#Conclusions\" >Conclusions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Are_Pogo_Sticking_And_Bounce_Rate\"><\/span>What Are Pogo Sticking And Bounce Rate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pogo sticking<\/span><\/strong> and<strong> bounce rate<\/strong> are 2 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">metrics<\/span> that<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Google takes into accoun<\/span>t <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">when<\/span><\/strong> <strong>ranking<\/strong> websites.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Google Analytics you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can figure out<\/span> the <strong>bounce rate<\/strong> of your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">website<\/span>, this can be a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very accurate<\/span> number. Meanwhile <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to measure\u00a0the pogo sticking<\/span> is <strong>harder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two metrics<\/span> are b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">oth giving an idea<\/span> to <strong>Google<\/strong> if your website is <strong>great<\/strong> or <strong>not<\/strong>. And here are the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">definitions<\/span> you must <strong>understand<\/strong> before going any further.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Pogo Sticking:<\/strong> It is considered <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pogo stickin<\/span>g each time that you<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> search for something<\/span><\/strong> on google, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>click one of the results\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>and <strong>immediately bounce<\/strong> back and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>click on another result<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bounce rate:<\/strong> Will be considered<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> bounce rate<\/span> when you<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> search for something<\/span><\/strong> on Google, <strong>click on one of the results<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not interacting with any other page<\/span><\/strong> of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/strong> website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are both <strong>not<\/strong> considered<\/span> <strong>SEO factors<\/strong> but they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">definitely\u00a0considered<\/span> <strong>ranking factors<\/strong>. You have<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> no control over them<\/span> but you <strong>can<\/strong> try to <strong>improve<\/strong> them.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3035\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/comparison-website-with-ads-and-website-all-clean.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"comparison website with ads and website all clean\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/comparison-website-with-ads-and-website-all-clean.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/comparison-website-with-ads-and-website-all-clean.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/comparison-website-with-ads-and-website-all-clean.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/comparison-website-with-ads-and-website-all-clean.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/comparison-website-with-ads-and-website-all-clean.jpg?resize=394%2C221&amp;ssl=1 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You might<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> think that pogo sticking<\/span> and<strong> bounce rate<\/strong> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the same thing<\/span> but even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">though<\/span> they are both <strong>bad stuff<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pogo sticking<\/span> is t<strong>he worst<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">search for something<\/span> and <strong>land<\/strong> on a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very cool websit<\/span>e, you <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">read the whole page<\/span><\/strong> for<strong> 1 hour<\/strong> or more but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you do not go anywhere<\/span> <\/strong>else on t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hat website<\/span>\u00a0it <strong>will be considered<\/strong>\u00a0a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bounce.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The lower is the percentage of your bounce rate the better it is.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Measure_Pogo_Sticking_And_Bounce_Rate\"><\/span>How To Measure Pogo Sticking And Bounce Rate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let&#8217;s start <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with the bounce rate<\/span> which is <strong>easier<\/strong> to measure. If you go to your<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> google analytics<\/span>, you will be able to see <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the bounce rat<\/span>e of your <strong>site<\/strong> from the <strong>homepage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> value is most of the time<\/span> n<strong>ot that accurate<\/strong> since it takes i<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nto account<\/span> also the <strong>returning<\/strong> visitors.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">visitor returns<\/span> to your website<strong>\u00a0Google knows it<\/strong> and if they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not interacting with any\u00a0<\/span>other part of your <strong>site<\/strong>\u00a0it will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">be not considered<\/span> a <strong>bounce<\/strong> since the user is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">returning<\/span> user.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To see <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the correct val<\/span>ue of your site<strong> bounce rate<\/strong> we need to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>add a segment<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0Go to:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Google Analytics<\/strong>\u00a0\u21d2 <strong>Audience<\/strong> \u21d2 <strong>Overview<\/strong>\u00a0\u21d2 Look at the <strong>bounce rate<\/strong> \u21d2 <strong>Add segment<\/strong> \u21d2 <strong>New Users<\/strong>\u00a0\u21d2 Look at the <strong>bounce rate again<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can look at the <strong>GIF below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3031\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-measure-the-bounce-rate.gif?resize=640%2C293&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"how to measure the bounce rate\" width=\"640\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the pogo sticking instead<\/span>, there is<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> no value on Google Analytics<\/span><\/strong> but you can use a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> simple trick<\/span> to measure it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What I usually do is to <strong>go to<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Google Analytics<\/strong>\u00a0\u21d2 <strong>Behaviour<\/strong> \u21d2 <strong>All pages<\/strong> \u21d2 <strong>Advanced<\/strong> \u21d2 Add <strong>&#8216;avg. time on page<\/strong>&#8216;\u21d2 Set it to &#8216;<strong>less than 5<\/strong>&#8216;\u21d2 Check <strong>how much traffic<\/strong> there is on those pages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If I have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a lot of pages<\/span> where the <strong>avg time on page<\/strong> is<strong> less than 5 second<\/strong>s I <strong>consider<\/strong> it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as pogo sticking<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3030\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-measure-the-pogo-sticking.gif?resize=640%2C289&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"how to measure the pogo sticking\" width=\"640\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we can see in the<strong> GIF abov<\/strong>e, take a <strong>closer loo<\/strong>k at the <strong>pageviews<\/strong> of<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> those pages<\/span> with <strong>really<\/strong> low &#8216;<strong>avg time on page&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in my cas<\/span>e there are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only a few<\/span> pageviews <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it is not a big deal<\/span>, and all is <strong>good<\/strong>. You need to get <strong>scared<\/strong> if you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have pages with hundred<\/span>s of pageviews and <strong>avg time on page less than 5 seconds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tips_To_Reduce_Your_Websites_Pogo_Sticking\"><\/span>Tips To Reduce Your Websites Pogo Sticking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>create <strong>titles<\/strong> and <strong>meta tags<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">related<\/span> to the <strong>content<\/strong> you have on that page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>avoid<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pop-ups<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ads<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>put some<strong> eye-catching<\/strong> something on the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pages<\/span><\/strong> where you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have high pogo sticking<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">improve<\/span><\/strong> the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">website <\/span><\/strong>loading<strong> speed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>avoid<\/strong><\/span> creating <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">spammy<\/span> and <strong>ugly<\/strong> pages.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">read how<\/span> to quantify the pogo sticking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickinsight.ca\/blog\/quantifying-pogo-sticking-sequence-segments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, this is a more a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dvanced technique<\/span>. And you can also read more stuff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nngroup.com\/articles\/pogo-sticking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 Also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">recommended<\/span> is to watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/blog\/solving-the-pogo-stick-problem-whiteboard-friday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video from MOZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tips_To_Reduce_Your_Websites_Bounce_Rates\"><\/span>Tips To Reduce Your Websites Bounce Rates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>try to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">make your website<\/span> <strong>usable<\/strong> and <strong>nice<\/strong> <strong>looking<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>create <strong>several<\/strong> <strong>calls<\/strong> to <strong>actions<\/strong> and <strong>engaging<\/strong> <strong>buttons<\/strong> that people could click.<\/li>\n<li>put<strong> several internal links<\/strong> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">other article<\/span>s and <strong>content<\/strong> of your site.<\/li>\n<li>put <strong>videos<\/strong> and awesome <strong>GIFs<\/strong> or <strong>images<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>make your page <strong>readable.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also read an <strong>awesome<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">article<\/span> about this topic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewwoodward.co.uk\/tutorials\/increase-traffic-lower-bounce-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_To_Reduce_Those_Metrics_Explained\"><\/span>How To Reduce Those Metrics Explained<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3001&#038;text=%20I%20have%20listed%20above%20some%20tips%20that%20would%20definitely%20help%20you%20reduce%20those%20values.&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> I have listed above some tips that would definitely help you reduce those values. <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3001&#038;text=%20I%20have%20listed%20above%20some%20tips%20that%20would%20definitely%20help%20you%20reduce%20those%20values.&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bctt-ctt-btn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">goal should<\/span> be to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have a bounce rate<\/span> at<strong> least lower than 70<\/strong>% or less.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first thing you should<\/span><\/strong> do that <strong>is in your power<\/strong> is to make your <strong>website<\/strong> blazing fast. Here is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">tutorial<\/span> on <strong>how to optimize WordPress speed<\/strong> to the max.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/speed-up-wordpress\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:5px\" target=\"__blank\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> TUTORIAL TO SPEED UP WORDPRESS<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to use <strong>Yoast SEO<\/strong> and create <strong>title<\/strong> and <strong>meta tags<\/strong> that are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">related<\/span> to your <strong>content<\/strong> so that you can improve your <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/adwords\/answer\/2615875?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTR ( click through rate )<\/a> and eventually <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lower<\/span> your <strong>pogo<\/strong> <strong>sticking<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Try to <strong>avoid pop-ups<\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">intrusive<\/span> <strong>ads,<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">videos<\/span> that are <strong>autoloading<\/strong> and <strong>spammy<\/strong> stuff that loads and <strong>opens<\/strong> all over the page. This <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will increas<\/span>e the chances that the <strong>visitor<\/strong> is not going to bounce back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Make your website <strong>usable<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/accelerated-mobile-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMP friendly<\/a>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">responsive<\/span><\/strong> and <strong>easy to figure out<\/strong> and a<strong>dd internal links<\/strong> to <strong>other<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pages<\/span>. When <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">someone<\/span> reads <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your article<\/span> if they <strong>are clicking a link<\/strong> to <strong>another<\/strong> <strong>page<\/strong> on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your site the bounce rate will be not considered<\/span>. This is <strong>your<\/strong> <strong>goal<\/strong>, add<strong> also cal<\/strong>l to action and <strong>buttons<\/strong> that invite to click.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Add <strong>media files,<\/strong> tutorials <strong>videos,<\/strong> <strong>GIFs<\/strong> and make it nice looking and sharable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have <strong>patience<\/strong> you can also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">install a live<\/span> <strong>chat support<\/strong> app like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tawk.to<\/a> so that you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can<\/span> <strong>interact<\/strong> with your <strong>visitors<\/strong> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">direct them<\/span> into another <strong>page<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3003\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pogo-sticking.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"pogo sticking vs bounce rate\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pogo-sticking.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pogo-sticking.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pogo-sticking.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcodiversi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pogo-sticking.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusions\"><\/span>Conclusions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> rank on Google<\/span> you should <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">study SEO<\/span><\/strong> and become a\u00a0<strong>Google<\/strong> <strong>Analytics<\/strong> genius. Something <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">easy to understand<\/span> is <strong>CTR<\/strong>, <strong>bounce rat<\/strong>e and <strong>pogo sticking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While you<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> can get an accurat<\/span>e value of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your sites to bounce rates<\/span>, you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can<\/span> <strong>not actually<\/strong> measure the pogo-sticking which<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> is actually worse<\/span> than the <strong>bounce<\/strong> rate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">low bounce rate,<\/span> <strong>preferably<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lower than 70%<\/span> or even <strong>less<\/strong> is something <strong>you<\/strong> should aim at when <strong>analyzing<\/strong> your website <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SEO<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Something y<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ou need to tak<\/span>e care of <strong>immediately<\/strong> is your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">website<\/span> <strong>speed<\/strong> and the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">relation<\/span> between <strong>titles<\/strong> and <strong>meta tags to your content.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have total and immediat<\/span>e control<strong> over these factors<\/strong> and they will <strong>decrease<\/strong> your<strong> bounce rate<\/strong> for sure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I gave<strong> you other tips<\/strong> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">things<\/span> you s<strong>hould avoid <\/strong>but still, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every case is totally<\/span> <strong>different<\/strong> and you need an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">analytic<\/span> <strong>mind<\/strong> to figure <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">out the bes<\/span>t way to <strong>escape<\/strong> those <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">problems<\/span> on your site.<\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarcodiversi.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3001&#038;text=%20If%20you%20liked%20this%20article%20please%20share%20it%20with%20your%20friends%20it%20will%20mean%20the%20world%20to%20me%2C%20also%20comment%20below%20for%20any%20question.&#038;via=marcodiversi&#038;related=marcodiversi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> If you liked this article please share it with your friends it will mean the world to me, also comment below for any question. <\/a><\/span><a 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