Why do my visitors leave?

Ignoramus4723 wrote:
> I noticedthat a large percentage of my visitors to my home page come
> to it, and leave. I would like to know why. Are there any tools and
> tricks to find that out? thanks

"Algebra Homework Help" - looks like a high-school kids website. At
least, that's the first impression I get, and first impressions count
for a lot. If I didn't know better from talking to you here, I don't
know that I would expect serious and in-depth math tutorials from this site.

I don't have any positive suggestions to offer, sorry. Still, I hope
that helps some..
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>I noticedthat a large percentage of my visitors to my home page come
> to it, and leave. I would like to know why. Are there any tools and
> tricks to find that out? thanks

Your web site seems to offer a worthy resource for mathematician hopefuls.
It would be nice if you could get more of them to dig deeper into the web
site. beneath the Entrance hide so many offerings of the highest content
quality.

As is in many aspects of life, first impressions are everything, even to the
most algebraically perplexed.

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Ignoramus4723 ignoramus4723.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.4723.invalid wrote in
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> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:18:51 -0500, canadafred <admin.DeleteThis@rezultz-web-site-promotion.com> wrote:
> > "Ignoramus4723" <ignoramus4723.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.4723.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:RjYUf.76745$wi.52427@fe43.usenetserver.com...
> >
> >>I noticedthat a large percentage of my visitors to my home page come
> >> to it, and leave. I would like to know why. Are there any tools and
> >> tricks to find that out? thanks
> >
> > Your web site seems to offer a worthy resource for mathematician hopefuls.
> > It would be nice if you could get more of them to dig deeper into the web
> > site. beneath the Entrance hide so many offerings of the highest content
> > quality.
> >
> > As is in many aspects of life, first impressions are everything, even to the
> > most algebraically perplexed.
>
> Thanks... Yes... I would like to make a better first impression *if*
> this is in fact an issue. I am concerned that people may be coming to
> algebra.com, lookong for say higher algebra and not school algebra. I
> want to explore this possibility along with trying to make existing
> front page prettier.
>

What you have to try to work out is what are your visitors looking for and
whether you can make it more obvious that your site is where it will be
found.

My first reaction to a lot of visitors leaving after looking at the index
page would be to look first at site organisation and at how well that site
organisation is reflected in the first impression a visitor receives.

--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"I am a man of many parts, unfortunately most of
them are no longer in stock"
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Ignoramus4723 ignoramus4723.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.4723.invalid wrote in
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> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:15:12 +0100, Borek <m.borkowski.DeleteThis@delete.chembuddy.these.com.parts> wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:07:13 +0100, Ignoramus4723
> ><ignoramus4723.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.4723.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >> I noticedthat a large percentage of my visitors to my home page come
> >> to it, and leave. I would like to know why. Are there any tools and
> >> tricks to find that out? thanks
> >
> > That's nothing unusual. Check in logs where do they come from mostly, that
> > may be a hint.
>
> Most come from noplace, I have a domain name that is a single word
> (algebra.com). They simply type it in their browser address window. So
> I do not know what they have in mind.
>

I'd say that the main thing you need to ensure is that they can see what
your site offers fairly immediately. Algebra covers a multitude of sins (I
did physics at uni and I still see all forms of maths as a vice) and they
may well have very specific things they are looking for. If those things
aren't immediately obvious then people who have arrived without knowing
anything about your site will probably leave without exploring.

Ideally what you need to do is work out what "routes" through the site are
most popular and make it very easy to see immediately where to follow
them, and look at what is being searched for in specific terms and offer
easy ways of finding appropriate pages for those searches (on the
unjustified assumption that the people who simply type "algebra" into the
browser will be looking for the same things as the people who use a
specific search term in a search engine). Finally you might try
highlighting specific pages or sections of the site and checking to see
whether they are popular.

--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"the alternative to seeing things in black and white
is to see them in full colour"
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Expand your site's horizons by adding more to it. That will get people
of all types to stick around.
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