How do I track that?

[croni]

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I want to measure what percentage of visitors to a certain page do not make a single click (hit the back button, close the tab, ...).

How can I do just that?

[ian-d]

Presumably you'd be best doing this on your home page. The best tool out there is analystic by google i would think. Shows the number of visits and the number of clicks to specific pages/links.

[GettingPersonal]

You'll be wanting to look at "exit rates" and "bounce rates" - Google Analytics gives both of these.

[bookmarkrobin]

Google analytics... is the most helpful tool I can think of...

[moshin]

helpful advice, i was looking for a solution to measure bounce rates

[gadget]

I'd echo the comments on Google Analytics, especially the bouncerates.
Be warned though, they're not a pretty site when you first develop a site - lol.
Don't worry though, as your site develops, the bounce rates get better!

[moshin]

thanks for your opinion

[moredial]

Just run a script on your logs that counts how many http requests there are for the page and then count how many times that page is shown as a referrer for another page - analog will do the first part and it should also do the second part (I usually exclude all internal referrals from the reports I view).

You need to not log or remove from the results all calls to css, js and image files - again, analog does this for you.

Also be aware that if you are allowing the browser or ISP to cache the site your numbers will be lower than actual visitor numbers and if they navigate to a page already visited there will not be another http request to the server so you will not see that in the logs.

I do not recommend using google analytics - all it does is slow down your site while it makes the request to the google servers for the scripts. And it is too easy for your visitors to block the analytics scripts along with all other 3rd party scripts.

Whichever method you choose, you will only have a rough idea of the reality. The trend from month to month will be a much better guide than the actual %age.

[Day Kevi]

I think google analytics is the best to use where u got maximum no of information.
Use ur analytic's JS code on the footer of ur web site which gives u accurate information.