Archive for August, 2009

Bounce rate reduced from 70% to 44%

One thing that became quickly obvious when Calcatraz launched was that the site had a high bounce rate. At 70% it seemed to be fairly average for an unoptimised site. But it meant that for every ten people who visited the site, only 3 were actually sticking around. I decided to try and reduce the [...]

Calcatraz – the Online Calculator

Calcatraz,  the free online calculator, is live. Launched onto the web two weeks ago, Calcatraz has already been provided answers to thousands of queries. It is a calculator which provides a number of useful features including a complete history of calculations and the ability to create rules which extend the capabilities of the calculator and [...]