Fishkin interpreted the purported documents as suggesting that Google measures pogo-like return behavior.

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• An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them

  SparkToro (Rand Fishkin) · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-21

  “They also seem to measure length of clicks (i.e. pogo-sticking - when a searcher clicks a result and then quickly clicks” — Section "#1: Navboost and the use of clicks, CTR, long vs. short clicks, and user data"

• Google leak: what the secret document on Search reveals

  SEOZoom · retrieved 2026-08-21

  “rehabilitates in some senses the analysis of behaviors such as pogo-sticking” — Body of leak-summary article

• How A Recent Google Algorithm Leak Impacts Contractors And Home Service Companies

  Footbridge Media · retrieved 2026-08-21

  “The docs refer to a variety of "click" tracking, including badClicks, goodClicks, lastLongestClicks, and more.” — discussion of click tracking and pogo-sticking