Email Newsletter & Bounce Rate

[edgarf76]

Hey guys and gals. I started a double optin newsletter but do not have a pop up window. Currently I have 'subscribe to our newsletter' on the sidebar. I have been looking at some options but am curious if this will hurt my bounce rate and hurt my serps. Does anyone have any experience with using a pop-up window for subscribers to enter their email? Thank you guys and have a great new year.



Another thing is if I go down the route of using a pop up window I found the optinmonster.com and pop up domination. Does anyone have any feedback on these or any other suggestions. I see some reputable sites using these services and I do not want anything that looks spammy. Thanks.

[wonderpunter]

I done it, but had to tempt users with freebies to sign up, Yes visitors ditched the site, serps didnt notice much but i only had it up for a month.. however conversions on sign ups via emails were great.. deposits poor really poor.. so i kept straight on with raw sign ups via volume which for me works better

[Triple7]

Same experiences as Wonderpunter. I don't think it will hurt your serps. Newsletter sign up in the side bar didn't sort too much effect: sometimes one or two sign ups a month. With a pop up, neither too much. When I did a pop up in combination with no deposit, people started to sign up. But usually typically low value traffic. People that just want to get free play, sign up everywhere and deposit nowhere.