Now Reading ...Let reader staying longer at our blog is the wish that every webmaster and blogger had in their mind. Staying longer also have the meaning that the reader love your blog. They will forget the time when reading your interesting posts or influenced by your style of presentation.
How to know about how long your reader stay at your blog instead of a 10 seconds visitor?
I guess we can use Google Analytics to research this data. Google analytics have the “bounce rate” analysis, which is very important to explain how ’sticky’ your post is. The lower the percentage, the longer your reader spend their time on your blog.
See the stats below:
I got 56.83% bounce rate according to Google Analytics. Comparing to my past statistic, my effort to let reader stay longer on my blog is increased by 15.57% from last month. See this picture:
How do I do that?
Well, actually I found an advise from Small Potato at WpDesigner.com in this post about reducing bounce rate of your blog.
That post is my biggest inspiration to let people stay longer at my blog. You should check it out too! 
Another option is to use “Related Posts” and “Where did they go from here” plugin to seize reader attention after they have reach the end of your post. Increasing pageview and decreasing bounce rate is not a matter that could be happen overnight. You will need to have a sum of time to tune your upcoming post to get the maximum result.
Of course, the ultimate secret is just like what small potato said in his post:
“The main factor is targeted traffic. If you’re not getting targeted traffic then people are leaving your blog because it isn’t relevant to what they’ve searched for.”
Untargeted traffic will become the 10 seconds visitors. They come and go like wind’s blowing. Oh, It’s just so frustrating~!
But don’t blame them. They are just an information seeker. It’s about how focus or presentation is. As long as you focus enough on each of your post, I can make sure you could increase your post “stickiness” to higher level than before. 
The benefits of Low Bounce Rate
- More Impression or pageview
- More Subscription to feed or e-mail
- Checking the your endorsement
- Click on the ads or affiliate links
- etc.
So, what are you waiting for? Optimize your current blog and follow small potato’s advises. I believe if you do it right, you will have the same leap ahead and become a ‘glue’ for your reader!
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(September 26, 2007, 2:33 am)
hi again! i hope you’re not getting tired of my comments huh…
i just came across this morning some useful tips from http://www.copyblogger.com 
you might be interested to visit the site. here’s the url: http://www.copyblogger.com/5-common-mistakes-that-make-you-look-dumb/
Reply to proud mom(September 26, 2007, 10:58 pm)
Hi, thanks for the reference, proud mom!
I will make a good use of that post. thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Reply to Ken Xu(October 1, 2007, 6:05 am)
Interesting post you have here. I guessed you have left out the link to check the website here. Another thing, is there any way else to click to your read more instead of pressing the comment box? Or is this your way to make sure that readers read everything and comment? Maybe this is a good way after all.. haha
Reply to Criz Lai(October 1, 2007, 12:29 pm)
Reply to Ken XuOh, Thanks for telling me the bugs, Criz! You are a life-saver!
The link is missing due to the modification. Oh, I never realize it until today.
About the comment box, it’s come by default from Gobala’s SuperAdsense Theme.
I’m currently designing my own theme for this blog. Hope to see more suggestion about a better navigation from you.