User Engagement Signals

Behavioral data Google collects—such as time on page and bounce-back rate—to determine whether a URL satisfies a searcher's query and adjust rankings accordingly.

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"They visit the fourth result, they spend 15 seconds there, they hit back, and then visit the sixth result, spend five..."
"They visit the fourth result, they spend 15 seconds there, they hit back, and then visit the sixth result, spend five minutes there, and close their browser. That's a very good sign for the sixth result."