Wednesday 26 March 2014

Dwell Time as an SEO Ranking Factor

Have you heard of the term Dwell time before?
Maybe you have not.
How about 'long clicks' Vs. 'Short Clicks' ?
Still, no clue?

Google pays very close attention to “dwell time”: how long people spend on your page when coming from a Google search. This is also sometimes referred to as “long clicks vs short clicks”. If people spend a lot of time on your site, that may be used as a quality signal.



Knowing that, it is very important to focus on the quality of the presented content. It has to be informative, exciting, and engaging. 
You should also pay a lot of attention to Navigability and user experience on the site. 
Google Analytics is a great help understanding all such metrics as you do not need to lose your rankings because of the traffic you get; once you lose that, you will have neither.