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Search Engine Journal reported John Mueller saying Google tries not to use short visits, back-to-search behavior, or similar pogo-sticking patterns as direct per-page ranking signals.
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- CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONWidespread pogo-sticking after a result click signals user dissatisfaction to Google and can cause that result to drop several ranking positions.Uncertain
- CONTRADICTS_ASSERTIONWidespread pogo-sticking after a result click signals user dissatisfaction to Google and can cause that result to drop several ranking positions.Uncertain
Release: seo-geo-product-v0.3 · Phase Two freeze: P2-CORE300-FINAL-v1.0 · Generated: 2026-08-23T08:01:40Z