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# 5 Minutes to Reduce Your Bounce Rate in 2026
- URL: https://www.thefierywell.com/5-minutes-to-reduce-your-bounce-rate-in-2025/
- Published: 2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-16T01:59:35.000Z
- Description: It doesn't seem like much, but these are the big little details that can build trust in your website and keep folks on it longer. And they don't take long to do!
- Author: Patty Ryan Lee
- Tags: Websites for Witches

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Pick **one** of these things and watch your bounce rates drop and your conversion rates go up:

1. Simplify your main navigation – keep it under 5 items
2. Put social media icons & links in your *footer*, not your main menu
3. Check and correct [the color contrast](https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?ref=thefierywell.com) on your website
4. Add [up to date terms/privacy](https://app.termageddon.com/?fp%5Fref=fiery&ref=thefierywell.com) pages to your website (they each get their *own* page!)
5. Add [a refund policy](https://thecontractshop.com/products/refund-recon?ref=thefierywell) to your website
6. **Align your body text left**
7. Update the © on your website to this year: 2026
8. Update [old articles](https://www.thefierywell.com/blogging-in-2025-read-this-first/) with links to new ones