This happens when visitors (and often bots) stay on a page for only a few seconds. Here's an example timeline:
- Visitor or bot lands on a page at second 1.
- Propel Replays starts recording once most of the page is loaded - e.g., around second 2 or 3.
- Visitor or bot leaves the page around second 6 or 7.
The result is a pageview replay only a few seconds long. These ‘bounce’ visits are very common and result in sessions replays that switch quickly from page to page. In fact, almost half of visits to e-commerce sites result in 'bounces'!(source: https://contentsquare.com/blog/what-bounce-rate-says-about-your-customer-experience/)
We also see this bounce behavior from bots. They quickly visit a page, download the source code then move on to the next page. Propel Replays filters out most but not all bots.
Finally, Propel Replays will fast forward through replays when there’s no movement on the page - e.g., no scrolling or clicking or mouse movements. If a visitor is on a page and makes no movement, the app will quickly fast forward through the replay until the visitor makes a movement or it reaches the end of the replay.