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dlyricist
05-31-2008, 05:06 AM
Folks,

I am trying to analyze my high bounce rate of 62% at my site dlyricist.com and found that traffic source from "Direct/None" gives nearly 70% bounce rate and yet more time is spent on site than average and more pages read. After digging in Google groups I've found that they describe "Direct/none" traffic as People that type the URL directly in their address bar /People that click on javascript links look like direct visits because javascript links don't give a referrer etc.
However when I type in my own URL, can part of that traffic be me tweaking away? or spiders crawling explaining the the greater time spent on site?

Rgds
Dlyricist

JohnW
05-31-2008, 11:13 AM
You should exclude your own IP addresses so that you won't show up as a visitor. also, nomal spiders will not be picked up by GA. "Direct/none" can also be people who bookmarked your page. Hope this is helpful.