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Exit Rate and Bounce Rate – What's the Difference?
Exit rate and bounce rate are two metrics that sound very similar but in reality are very different. They can both be used to gauge how well you’re doing in terms of content quality and user behavior. Here’s what each of these means. What Does Bounce Rate Mean? Your bounce rate is the number of … Read more
How to Improve Your Blog Bounce Rate
Your bounce rate measures the number of people who come to your blog and don’t visit any other post or page on your blog. Naturally, the higher the bounce rate, the less exposure you’re getting as the visitors see less of your content. Also, bounce rate is starting to play more and more of a … Read more
The Effect of Blog Bounce Rate and Types of Blog Posts
Are you worried by the bounce rate on your website? The bounce rate is easily found by checking your Google analytics account and it simply means the percentage of people who come to a page on your site and go straight off it again (bounce). This is not necessarily a problem as you’ll see. Bounce … Read more
SEO is it all it's cracked up to be?
I’d be really surprised if you’ve never heard of Search Engine Optimisation or SEO. A lot of people think that it’s the holy grail of web site design. The other side of that equation and equally as important is your website conversion rate. Your website’s conversion rate is nothing much more than a fancy way … Read more
Women in Business Survey
I’m very excited as today I have launched my new survey at www.womeninbusinesssurvey.co.uk. There is a free prize draw for everyone who completes the survey First prize: A full review of your current site or business idea. A detailed report with keyword research, SEO tips and tricks, competitor analysis and up to 3 hours of … Read more
7 Steps to Keep Your WordPress Blog-Site More Secure
WordPress is a great way to build and manage a website. Like any online software though, there are steps you should take to secure your WordPress installation and keep it safe from hackers. Some are common sense for any website (secure website hosting and choosing a secure password) and others are specific to WordPress (such … Read more
WordPress Books
WordPress for Dummies Product Description Bloggers love WordPress! If you′re ready to start using this freeblogging software, WordPress For Dummies, 2nd Edition is just what you and your blog need to make a splash.Professional blog designer Lisa Sabin–Wilson shows you how to use allthe latest upgrades to WordPress and helps you decide whether to use … Read more
Digging in to WordPress
Virtually all of the sites I work on now are WordPress sites. the platform has come a very long way from ‘just’ being a blogging platform. Although I always provide coaching and support for all of my clients once their site is complete i am always on the look out for training material that I … Read more
No 1 Costly Mistake to make before you go to a web-designer – No Plan
Before you do anything in life it is usually a good idea to have a plan. If you want to go on holiday you will at least have some idea of destination or type of holiday and budget before you start looking. Planning a website should be no different. The plan needn’t be too complicated … Read more