Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.
Tim Capper: Internet Explorer as Direct Traffic - has a Humongous Bounce Rate.
Any Ideas as to this "Direct Traffic" from Internet Explorer
Dave Elliott: is there a page that all ie users get diverted to that says "this site is optimised for browsers that don't suck please download, chrome or firefox"?
Micah Fisher-Kirshner: Try looking at Service Provide and/or Network Domain, may be MSN Bot
Collin Davis: I know this may sound stupid Tim :) because you may have already done that but have you checked for the compatibility of these versions with that your website?
That would be a good test... try segregating the data by sorting the browser by operating system also and screen resolutions.
Dave Elliott: fine, sensible answer... if you havent done it use something likke browser stack to check to make sure versions of ie/the os aren't being stupid, it could be a rendering issue of some kind that is causing a poor user experience.
Tim Capper: Not stupid +Collin Davis ;... feck i did not even think of that, dough!
Mike Ramirez: Seems like the bounce rate is high across the board. Is this home page bounce or a specific internal page? I would do as +Micah Fisher-Kirshner ;suggested and see if the discrepancy is coming from a single source such as a bot.
Tim Capper: Yea, I am digging down at the moment. Have found one sneeky bot, looking for more +Mike Ramirez ;
Pe lagic: Sneaky bots don't use their own useragent string ;(
ps Bot traffic is always direct, specifically they won't have a referrer string in their header requests.
Edwin Jonk: From memory, people did report that the UA of IE 9 is used for scraper bots. Do you notice more duplications?
Micah Fisher-Kirshner: +Pe lagic actually, the msn bot affected referral too, otherwise normally you're right. MS is that evil. ;)
Pe lagic: Fake MsnBots, Bingbots, Googlebots etc ;( Just RDNS the IPs to check ;)
Pe lagic: http://www.bing.com/webmaster/help/how-to-use-the-verify-bingbot-tool-2195837e
Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:31:15 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/any_ideas_as_to_this_quotdirect_trafficquot_from_internet_explorer +Tim Capper
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Internet Explorer as Direct Traffic - has a Humongous Bounce Rate.
