Improve Your Bounce Rate (less than 70%) = Increase Your Joins
 

What do you think? :pimp

sure why not

in theory, yes. but bounce rate is like the first hurdle

edit: meh, second hurdle. first is traffic

Thing is I've seen a big difference..
e.g.
80% = 5-7 joins a day
70% 18-25 joins a day
etc..

So, if a surfer stays on your website, and actually sees your content, he's more likely to join than if he just closed the window? Eureka!

No really? you don't say..:1orglaugh
I hope everyone else sees this..:pimp

word. but bounce rate is not an independent key to success is what i mean. it's part of the bigger equation. not sure what a decent bounce rate is on pay sites but on free sites i shoot for 50% or else i'm going back to the drawing board.

haha.... truth :upsidedow

If you are aiming for a 70% bounce rate then there is something very very wrong with your site...

Then again I'm more into the mainstream side of things and fuck me if a 70% is nowhere to be considered decent..

Agreed.

I have NEVER had a pay site that high. I do not think I have had any that high now that I think about it, other than an unfinished web site. My traffic tubes are around 10-15% and my tube pay sites are around 25-35%. They also convert and retain well (45-50%) on very little traffic.

Source

Since when did you start using big internet terms like "Bounce Rate" ??? My my my... This once unaffiliated show/expo attending std infested ass biting Mexican has gone from fanboy to licensed webmaster! Congrats :thumbsup

Niched websites without affiliate programs and accessible streaming videos (tubes I assume) will easily end up with a much lower bounce rate than affiliate/tgp/tube promoted paysite tours... :error

i do not agree with this at all
i have tested this several times on paysites
and found bounce rate has nothing to do with joins on paysites
in fact the more hits you send to the join page the more joins you will get out of it (which makes sense)
problem is if you only have 2 pages like a home page + a join page then you will have a very high bounce rate
sucks for stats but in the end only sales matter

for free sites bounce rate matters more since you want to keep the traffic on your site as long as possible

Hahahaa, you guys are funny..

whats so funny playa?
this is a serious thread

Considering historically ALL of my pay sites (including those without videos, celeb, etc.) followed the same low bounce rates (under 35%), guess that shows how little you really know about the type of sites I was referring to over my decade plus of being a WM.

But feel free to keep pulling assumptions and generalizations out ye arse.
:pimp

And I bet none of those shit sites had affiliate programs as mentioned in my original post. Look, all I'm saying is that a higher bounce rate would be typical for the kind of site/business model that fatso is representing compared to your business model.

GFY 99% assumptions and generalizations. :winkwink:

Fair enough.

I'll defer to your original remarks. I simply have no interest in fighting about it.
:thumbsup

Maybe but your numbers are way off, more like:

80% = 5-7 joins a day
70% = 34-57 joins a day
60% = 84-96 joins a day
etc..

So you can imagine how I own:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/...436cc68d_z.jpg

I have niche site with 36% bounce and 3 mins on the site and no sales what gives :helpme

100% correct

I can improve sales for 10%, just show me the money :)