User Actions On Web Sites Are Not A Ranking Factor

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Google Says User Actions On Web Sites Are Not A Ranking Factor
by Barry Schwartz
Aug 12, 2015

Google's John Mueller said in a Google Hangout yesterday that there are no Google algorithms that specifically look at user actions on your web site and use that as a ranking factor. He said, "I don’t think we even see what people are doing on your web site." So if they cannot see it, they can't use it as a ranking factor.


The question came up at the 38:11 minute mark in the video:

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