Duration and Bounce rate matter?
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staypositive
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yes it does matter
Dwell time is important.
fyi:
https://www.searchenginejournal.com..._campaign=understanding-impact-dwell-time-seo
disclaimer, this is not my site.
Dwell time is important.
fyi:
https://www.searchenginejournal.com..._campaign=understanding-impact-dwell-time-seo
disclaimer, this is not my site.
DanSteel
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Great article! so Dwell time is REALLY important.
Total Noob
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It's a factor (https://moz.com/rand/queries-clicks-influence-googles-results/), but it's only one factor. Your competitors might have high bounce rates too.
validseo
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They daily dilbert comic strip ranks very well and has a 99% bounce rate and < 1 minute duration. I'd say that Dilbert is highly successful and Google agrees. So the question is what makes the difference? Well the Dilbert page terminates the search meaning that people don't continue clicking links in the search results for the same search term and Dilbert has high degree of repeat visitation... so people keep coming back to that result. The bounce rate and duration from Google Analytics actually don't matter and are more descriptive of the nature of the content and not its quality.
ThopHayt
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It is a small factor, but you can't fake it. Also 45% is a fair bounce rate on most niches so I wouldn't worry. 3:00 isn't bad either.
-ThopHayt