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Once you get to the top 1-3 results, CTR (click through rate) is a much bigger ranking factor. Google knows how long people stay on pages and whether they click
by EcommerceFlow 2y ago
Once you get to the top 1-3 results, CTR (click through rate) is a much bigger ranking factor. Google knows how long people stay on pages and whether they click and back out immediately. This is important for E-Commerce, because Google doesn't want Site #1 to be mostly out of stock even though they have better links.
- HankB99 2y ago> Google knows how long people stay on pages and whether they click and back out immediately. What if I <ctrl><click> to keep the search page open and open the "found" page in another tab?
- yencabulator 2y agoCan the on-page javascript detect the difference between click and control-click? If so, you can count just the former, and wait for the back button press, to get a sense of visit duration. I think control-click is a power user feature that they just don't care to track. Average consumer is the target audience of the advertising...