I'm sure you've read it in every post about elements every blog/website design should have: make sure to have a search bar. Are people actually using your search bar? What are they searching for? Knowing this information could be a game changer for your blog. Why? Without having to survey your readers, you know what kind of stuff they are looking for. You'll know what type of content they expect to find on your site. Today's post is a quick tutorial on how to use Google Analytics to find what …
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Easily remove spam referrals from your Google Analytic reports
Spam referrals have really started to spike in Google Analytics recently. It may look exciting because a site appears to be sending you a lot of traffic. The truth is though, it's just spam referrals or bots hitting your Google Analytics. A lot of bloggers have emailed me recently asking why they are getting blog traffic from very inappropriate sites. You're not. They just use bots to ping your site and get you to click on their URL and visit their site. It's a dirty trick and I really hope …
Stop worrying so much about your blog’s bounce rate.
Guess what? I have stopped paying super close attention to my blog's bounce rate. Why? The short answer: because I don't always see a bounce as a bad thing. Websites that are primarily blogs tend to have a high high average bounce rate because people come for one specific article. If you have an eCommerce website or similar, you should be working on lowering your bounce rate. This post is directed to bloggers. According to hubspot, a realistic bounce rate for the average blog a …