Comments on: SEO & Analytics: 4 Useful Ways To Assess Your Organic Traffic

By: Terry Harmon

Terry Harmon — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:10:47 +0000

I would definitely have to agree with Derek…conversions are where the money is. If a client is more concerned about traffic fluctuations than whether or not the site’s users are engaged in the content, you should definitely educate them.

By: Seospell

Seospell — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:31:04 +0000

Thanks, nice article and good thinking.

By: Mike Tekula

Mike Tekula — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:43:19 +0000

Thanks. In my experience what seems like a “no brainer” to some of us is often completely missed by others.

By: DM Patten

DM Patten — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:38:05 +0000

Mike –

Great post!
Seems that #4 would be a “no brainer”, but I’ve had to explain this one more than once to a client…..

Thanks again

–doug–

By: Paul R

Paul R — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:59:13 +0000

Yes, quality traffic is definitely more important that quantity traffic. Getting both is bliss. :-)

By: Server Support

Server Support — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:48:24 +0000

Thanks for valuable information. We have to take care of daily analytics, daily analysis for keywords , from where we are getting visitors, on what page they are coming. By doing so we can track records and increase our visitors

By: Mike Tekula

Mike Tekula — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:47:13 +0000

Hi Keely,

I’d like to answer your question, but I’d rather not do so here so as to add to the already bulky quality of this comment thread. Instead, I’ll email you.

-Mike

By: Keely H.

Keely H. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:12:31 +0000

Hi Mike,
I really enjoyed reading your post and have subscribed to your RSS feed so I won’t miss any future entries.

I’ve been searching all over for an answer to a low quality organic traffic question and was hoping you or perhaps one of your readers could answer it.

I’ve got an annoying situation on the e-commerce site I’m working on. The site, which is a shoe store has really good ranking on the sizing chart page, but the page has a 92% bounce rate. On the one hand the page gets really good traffic such that the 8% of people we are retaining amounts to a couple hundred, but on the other hand I’m worried the high bounce rate might be hurting the rankings of product pages that do have higher conversion rates. Should I cut off a significant stream of traffic to the site by using a no follow tag or should I try to improve the conversion rate on the sizing chart page by attempting to incorporate sales pitches and links to product pages into the sizing chart page text? My worry with the latter strategy is that it might turn off customers already on the site who are using the sizing chart page for its intended purpose, to convert their U.S. shoe size to a European shoe size so they can buy a shoe (from us). Any suggestions on how to balance the desire for more traffic and lower bounce rates when dealing with organic traffic from keyword terms that are proven not to convert browsers into customers?

Thanks again for providing such an excellent SEO information resource.

By: Mike Tekula

Mike Tekula — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:36:00 +0000

Well I’m really glad you enjoyed the post – thank you!

I’ll certainly stop by and chime in where I can for your upcoming post series on GA. I think it’s a good idea for a series – there’s a real need for this knowledge, especially for small businesses.

By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:08:13 +0000

I’m really glad that you did this guest post because I didn’t know about your blog until I went searching for it after reading this. I have since shared this and other posts you’ve done at cliKball, Twitter and FriendFeed so that others know about you too.

I’m doing a series of blog posts on understanding Google Analytics suitable for anyone – even those with no computer or analytics backgrounds. I hope you’ll drop by and add your expertise. Feel free to leave relevant links in any related posts you find. (Akismet may detain them but I’ll be along to rescue them, usually within the day.)