{"id":11985,"date":"2021-07-21T20:45:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T17:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsterra.com\/blog\/?p=11985"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:18:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T08:18:33","slug":"dwell-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogdev.adsterratech.com\/blog\/dwell-time\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Dwell Time? Average Session Duration Meaning and Calculation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The average dwell time for sites in the top ten results of a Google search is 3 minutes and 10 seconds. This metric indicates how effective your website is at converting visitors into buyers\u2014the longer the dwell time, the more likely the customer will find their search intent. And the longer they spend on your website, the more likely they\u2019ll click on the ads you\u2019ve placed. 
So if you\u2019re looking to increase dwell time, this article is for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\r\n

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What is dwell time?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dwell time is the amount of time from when a user goes to a search result and when they return to the search engine results pages (SERPs). Dwell Time is regarded as an important Google ranking signal by many SEO experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does dwell time impact how a page is ranked?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Google has never made an official statement on whether or not dwell Time affects rankings. However, there have been hints that it is being considered. Nick Frost, the head of Google Brain, was quoted as saying at a 2017 conference: “So when a search was invented, like when Google was invented many years ago, they wrote heuristics that had figured out what the relationship between a search and the best page for that search was. And those heuristics worked pretty well and continue to work pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Google is now integrating machine learning into that process. They\u2019re training models to track when someone clicks on a page and stays on that page or when they go back to the SERPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to calculate dwell time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dwell time cannot be tracked in Google Analytics, so you’re probably wondering how to calculate it. There is no formula for calculating dwell time. But don’t be discouraged.
The “Average Session Duration” metric in Google Analytics can be used to calculate dwell time; This is the average amount of time a user spends on your site after landing on one of your pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step by step, here’s how you can use it to figure out your average dwell time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Go to your Google Analytics account and sign in;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Select Behavior<\/strong> from the drop-down menu;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Go to Site Conten<\/strong>t and select it;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Select Landing Pages<\/strong> from the drop-down menu;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Create New Segment<\/strong> and select Organic Traffic<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Then the Avg. Session Duration<\/strong> appears.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Dwell time vs. Other metrics: what’s the difference?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    When discussing dwell time, it’s critical to differentiate between “time on page” and “bounce rate.” Here’s a quick rundown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Bounce rate:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The bounce rate is defined as the percentage of single-page sessions on a website. A person returning to the SERPs or closing the page can cause a high bounce rate. It doesn’t matter if they spend one second or one hour on the page; it’s still a bounce. The bounce rate can be calculated on a page-by-page basis or on a site-wide basis. Log into your Google Analytics account and go to Behavior<\/strong> > Site Content<\/strong> > All Pages<\/strong> to find your site’s bounce rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u2022 Average time on page:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Simply, the average amount of time someone spends on one of your pages. That user could have arrived at that page via social media, a link on another website, or email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Session duration:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    It is the amount of time a user spends on a page before moving on to another page. The time spent on a page is calculated using two clicks: the one that brings the user to the page in question and the one that takes them away from it. They may navigate to another page on your website, an external link in your content, or even the SERPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Click-through rate:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Your organic search click-through rate is the percentage of users who clicked on the link to your webpage out of the total number of users who saw that SERP. This is frequently misunderstood or conflated with dwell time. However, this isn’t the case. Dwell time refers to what happens after a user clicks, not to the number of users who click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022<\/strong> RankBrain:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    RankBrain is a system that Google uses to understand better what a search query’s likely user intent is. In its most basic form, RankBrain uses historical search data to make predictions about previously unseen queries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How improving dwell time increases revenue from ad views:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n