Originally Posted by Forkbeard

I wouldn't worry too much about bounce rate. If your blog is a "real" blog in the sense that it has content that keeps readers coming back every day or two for years, a lot of people will hit your front page multiple times a day as part of their routine surf pattern. Every time they don't find something new is an instant bounce, but it's no loss to you (except a smidge of lost opportunity, you could have kept them if you had a new post up.)