SEO - Google: We Don't Use User Engagement As A Search Ranking Factor

[24alex]

User engagement is very important for any site

[TheButcher]

User engagement is very important for any site

Amen

[Lenny]

Surprising news really, so much for comments helping a blog get search juice.

[Austin]

Glad they do not use bounce rate in rankings, my sites do some weird shit at times, the bounce rates go up and down like yoyo's

[Jim2020]

Glad they do not use bounce rate in rankings, my sites do some weird shit at times, the bounce rates go up and down like yoyo's

Bounce rate really is not important n search results

[Gaming_Mike]

I never used engagement as an seo factor, it helps get me repeat visitors and that is more important for me.

[Sexylegs]

Let's talk bounce rates forget about Google for a moment

I see some sites of mine at 29% and some at 57%

Which one makes more money.Only thing to care about.

[gotonudecom]

https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/user-engagement-seo

[gotonudecom]

https://blog.alexa.com/seo-ranking-factors/

The 12 Most Important SEO Ranking Factors
The Top 12 SEO Ranking Factors
Here are the top 12 SEO ranking factors (not ranked in order of importance).

Site Security
Crawlability
Mobile-Friendliness
Page Load Speed
User Engagement
High-Quality Content
The Right Target Keywords
Optimized Content
Structured Data
Consistent Business Listings
Backlink Profile
Domain Age

[gotonudecom]

If engagement is NOT a search ranking factor, seems everyone thought it was until a couple days ago.

Is Google's John Mueller of his meds?

What definition of engagement is he using?

Is the name of the article misleading?
The quote is
"So I don't think we would use engagement as as a factor."

He does not think, so he does not know!?!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/v6TBD9EvwrM?start=427