Now come to the main question you all have must in your mind. How did I improve my bounce rate from whopping 77% to just 17% in just two months? Did I apply any rocket science of SEO? Did I extraordinarily improve my contents, no not at all. For your kind information, I am a newbie, nonprofessional, amateur and ordinary blogger who don’t have time to give more than half an hour to my blog daily. How did I do that? Don’t worry I am not going to sell here any product, or service that will sink your bounce rate. 

Look at the number of monthly visitors of my site in the above screen shot. That is more than 13,000 per month. It means nearly 400 visitors daily. It had only been six months in October 2012 since, I started my blog in May 2012. It was surprising for me to have such a decent number of visitors on my blog daily. However, that was not much perturbing for me because I read at most of the pro bloggers that Google gives an advantage to new bloggers by referring more and more traffic just to let internet community know about a newly begun blog or website. I was satisfied over this assumption, but my gigantic bounce rate was equally so worrisome for me. You can see this was 76.86%, in the above screenshot. 

This was the secret that made me improve the bounce rate of my blog. Everyone talks about the significance of relevance in blogging, but a few tell us relevance of all types equally counts a lot. If our contents are not relevant to our niche, Google Panda will lash us. If the design of a website is irrelevant to the content, the visitors would take a ridiculous impression of it. Yes, that is the secret which I am going to share with everyone. 

I increased traffic on my blog though running a massive campaign on social media. I am an addict of Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. I actively participate with my friends, followers and contacts on them. I have limited circles on all these three accounts, but I am very much connected with each of my social-media friend. I don’t forget to wish them separately as much as possible. I send them gifts on their birthdays, promotions and success in their exams. In short, I have strong bonding with them. What they give me in return. Whenever I shared my post with them a flock of visitors, I find on my blog soon after my sharing. They all are my friends, but none of them has any interests in my niche “pollution”. In courtesy, they just visit the post I link to them and they get back just after clicking it. So obviously, the bounce rate of my site has to increase astronomically high. 

In the first month of November 2012, I realized the significance of the relevant traffic. Thus, I stopped sharing my posts to social media. Then hell literally fell on me. The traffic on my blog nose-dived. If blog traffic sinks from 400 daily visitors to just 100-150 visitors, what can happen to a novice blogger like me. I used to miss my heart beats sometimes because I was and am very particular to the niche of my blog. This is an abundant source of solace for me that, in this polluted environment I am doing something to safe the environment. 

However, after a while I also felt that bounce rate of my blog is going down and down and in previous two months it reached at 17%. That was a pleasant surprise for me. It showed that now I am getting the real customers at my shop. If I am selling flowers no one will stand in my shop, who wants to buy a gun or pistol. Now I can communicate with them easily. Our concerns, worries and hopes are common. This is the community which I want to develop to further my cause of a pollution-free environment. 

Do you believe I am speaking truth that the bounce rate of my blog is 17% right now? If you believe in me thank you, else here is the screenshot of my Google Analytics of January 2013. Enjoy interacting with your community but take care of relevance. Hey, hey, wait do share your thoughts with me in the comments section below.