Google's evolving use of engagement metrics

Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast · Sep 25, 2025 · 3m

Google's engagement metrics face disruption as AI-powered search reduces traditional click-through rates. Tom Mansell from Croud, a leading digital marketing agency, explores how search professionals can adapt measurement strategies when user interactions increasingly happen within SERPs rather than on destination websites. The discussion covers developing mention and citation tracking systems for AI-generated search results, evaluating dwell time on SERP pages as alternative engagement signals, and establishing value exchange frameworks between content publishers and large language models…