This plugin sets this straight. It will tell Google Analytics every 10 seconds that your visitor is still on the page and that there was some interaction on that page. Your page will be “unbounced”.It's all based on a script made by Brian Cray and is totally accepted by Google (see Other Notes for more info). The results are more accurate Time on Site and Bounce Rate statistics.
Dashboard -> Settings -> Reduce Bounce Rate.
Yes, if you use the Universal Analytics (analytics.js). If you are still using the older ga.js tracking code or if the Google Analytics by MonsterInsights plugin is active, you have go to the Settings Page to choose the one you use. There you can fine-tune how and when you want to send or block info to Analytics.
Check you page source for a line that ends with: /wp-content/plugins/reduce-bounce-rate/js/analyticsjs.js'> for analytics.js, /wp-content/plugins/reduce-bounce-rate/js/gajs.js'> for ga.js and /wp-content/plugins/reduce-bounce-rate/js/ga4wpjs.js'> for working together with WordPress SEO. By default, the script will be added to the bottom of the page. If this line is not present, your theme might not have wp_footer() in the footer.php. After a day, you should see the Bounce Rate drop in Google Analytics. Then you'll know for sure it's working.
Yes. By default the plugin works for analytics.js. Just change it to ga.js on the Settings Page to make it work for ga.js.
Yes, on the Settings Page.
Yes, on the Settings Page.
Yes. This plugin uses the same tweak Google suggested on it's own Blog (see Other Notes for the link to the page).
No. Google Analytics doesn't have anything to do with PageRank. Google doesn't use any statistics from your Analytics pages for page ranking. Google has it's own way of getting the stats it wants to use. This also means that you cannot influence your PageRank with this plugin.