Title: High Decrease in Bounce Rates After “?v=hash” is added to my URLs Last modified: November 10, 2021 --- # High Decrease in Bounce Rates After “?v=hash” is added to my URLs * Resolved [einstein45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/einstein45/) * (@einstein45) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-decrease-in-bounce-rates-after-vhash-is-added-to-my-urls/) * Hello, * Since installing the ‘Geolocate with page caching support’ feature by Woocommerce, website urls are being appended with hash- ?v=XXXXXX and there has been a very high reduction in the bounce rates. * To give some perspective, the bounce rates as seen in Google Analytics have decreased from around 50% to 20% on average. * Not sure, if this is something common that’s a result of the Woocommerce feature or some tracking setup issue. Could not find any help online. * Does anyone have any suggestions or inputs? * Thanks,` Einstein - This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [einstein45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/einstein45/). - This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by [einstein45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/einstein45/). Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [Margaret S. woo-hc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margaretwporg/) * (@margaretwporg) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-decrease-in-bounce-rates-after-vhash-is-added-to-my-urls/#post-15056914) * Hi [@einstein45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/einstein45/) * Can you please clear the cache of your cache plugin and let us know your observations? You need to **manually clear the cache** of your cache plugin and your hosting provider after enabled Load products price in background. You can read more on this here: [https://www.pricebasedcountry.com/docs/getting-started/geolocation-cache-support/](https://www.pricebasedcountry.com/docs/getting-started/geolocation-cache-support/) * Thread Starter [einstein45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/einstein45/) * (@einstein45) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-decrease-in-bounce-rates-after-vhash-is-added-to-my-urls/#post-15057322) * Hi [@margaretwporg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margaretwporg/) thank you for your reply. * I use WP Rocket for caching and will be clearing the cache manually. I will update you in 2-3 days after I have enough data to check the bounce rates. * Thank you for your help. * [Margaret S. woo-hc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margaretwporg/) * (@margaretwporg) * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-decrease-in-bounce-rates-after-vhash-is-added-to-my-urls/#post-15060439) * Thanks! We will look forward. * Thread Starter [einstein45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/einstein45/) * (@einstein45) * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-decrease-in-bounce-rates-after-vhash-is-added-to-my-urls/#post-15071852) * Hi [@margaretwporg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margaretwporg/) , hope all is well. * Even after clearing the hosting cache (Kinsta) as well as the plugin one (WP rocket) we did not find the bounce rate issue to be resolved. * The rest of the tracking looks fine. Any more inputs on what else might be causing this? - This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [einstein45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/einstein45/). * [Mirko P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/) * (@rainfallnixfig) * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-decrease-in-bounce-rates-after-vhash-is-added-to-my-urls/#post-15075209) * Hi [@einstein45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/einstein45/), * I understand that you activated the `Geolocate (with page caching support)` option and you’re noticing a decrease in the bounce rate on your site, that being the percentage of users that land on your page and leave. * If a customer from a specific country visits your page, s/he will get a hash based on that particular country – so that s/he will only see a cached version of your page from other customers that have previously visited the same page. * Having a cached page means that the page will load faster and retain the user more also because it’s country-specific, and as a result, the bounce rate should decrease since we all know that most users leave a slow-loading page within the first few seconds. * I believe this might be an explanation but let us know if you have more questions! * Thread Starter [einstein45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/einstein45/) * (@einstein45) * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-decrease-in-bounce-rates-after-vhash-is-added-to-my-urls/#post-15075629) * Hi [@rainfallnixfig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/) , thank you for the inputs. Even I think that could be the reason. I’ll definitely get back to you in case I have any questions. Many thanks. * [Mirko P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/) * (@rainfallnixfig) * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/high-decrease-in-bounce-rates-after-vhash-is-added-to-my-urls/#post-15079249) * Great! Since the thread is now closed you may want to create a new topic if you have any further questions. * Have a nice day! 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