Thread: Bounce rate metric outweighs most if not all - Google
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Old 02-01-2012, 08:48 PM  
Mr Pheer
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Originally Posted by nickutis View Post
IMHO it's stupid idea to block countries for bounce rate purposes.

If chinese guy clicks on your link through google, and get's "404 error" or smth similar, he will instantly click "back", and google will detect it as 1 second bounce rate.. IMHO it will harm your bounce rate and not help
When you block them at your firewall, they never get to a 404
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