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If you go from result-to-result, I'm pretty sure google track time spent in each one, as well as the last one you look at.
by tidenly 4y ago
If you go from result-to-result, I'm pretty sure google track time spent in each one, as well as the last one you look at.
- londons_explore 4y agoAnd the last one you look at is in most cases the one with the info you were looking for. Their algorithm pushes that result to the top for the same query in the future. The effect is quite dramatic - for a query with only two results, a single click by one user can cause those results to switch which is on top a week later.
- epolanski 4y agoDoesn't that require to have analytics installed on the target website which many won't have? Without those, how can Google now how much time I am spending on a website I am visiting, e.g., from firefox? Also, why would time really matter? Say I'm trying to remember some javascript method name, and I go to various websites and the one that has the answer I close it immediately.
- XCSme 4y agoNot really, having analytics on the Google search page itself is usually enough (they see the time it takes for you to go from Results page -> Website -> Back to results page).