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How can I "fix" my website to where people view my articles and stop leaving right after the homepage?
My website viewers aren't getting past the homepage, why?
How can I "fix" my website to where people view my articles and stop leaving right after the homepage?
I'm guessing you've got a high bounce-rate?
First of all, I assume you've checked that you can click on the links that lead to your articles? If you can't, neither can your visitors.
Secondly, is it easy to click into the articles - is there an obvious title to click on, or a thumbnail image or a big, tempting, "read more" button?
Finally - are you remembering to drop the links to your posts (not the homepage but the actual posts themselves) on your social media accounts such as Twitter, Facebook and so on? That way you may get visitors directly to your articles and they might then investigate the rest of your site if they like what they read.
Thank you for the reply, Yes I have a high bounce rate. Yes my links all work fine to get from my homepage to my articles. There is a title you can click, a featured image you can click, and a continue reading link to click (So i assume that is sufficient). And I do not yet use social media for advertisement.
I had a similar problem until I started posting my content links (the URLs of the posts) to my new social pages with appropriate hashtags and images.
I think, until your site has a bunch of tempting articles to read, visitors will just think, "oh, new site," and go looking for something else instead.
Neither did I - I created them all for my new website two weeks ago. :D
It's all about starting to post content that people want to see and mixing it with retweets of other people's content (if you're on Twitter) so it doesn't look like you're just spamming your account with your own links.
I've made a goal to post to my Twitter and Google+ accounts every day for the next week as I've been watching the results in Google Analytics when I've posted.
It's made a huge difference to my traffic.
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I'm guessing you've got a high bounce-rate?
First of all, I assume you've checked that you can click on the links that lead to your articles? If you can't, neither can your visitors.
Secondly, is it easy to click into the articles - is there an obvious title to click on, or a thumbnail image or a big, tempting, "read more" button?
Finally - are you remembering to drop the links to your posts (not the homepage but the actual posts themselves) on your social media accounts such as Twitter, Facebook and so on? That way you may get visitors directly to your articles and they might then investigate the rest of your site if they like what they read.
Thank you for the reply, Yes I have a high bounce rate. Yes my links all work fine to get from my homepage to my articles. There is a title you can click, a featured image you can click, and a continue reading link to click (So i assume that is sufficient). And I do not yet use social media for advertisement.
I had a similar problem until I started posting my content links (the URLs of the posts) to my new social pages with appropriate hashtags and images.
I think, until your site has a bunch of tempting articles to read, visitors will just think, "oh, new site," and go looking for something else instead.
I do not have a large social media presence though
Neither did I - I created them all for my new website two weeks ago. :D
It's all about starting to post content that people want to see and mixing it with retweets of other people's content (if you're on Twitter) so it doesn't look like you're just spamming your account with your own links.
I've made a goal to post to my Twitter and Google+ accounts every day for the next week as I've been watching the results in Google Analytics when I've posted.
It's made a huge difference to my traffic.