{"id":171653,"date":"2026-06-10T17:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/dictionnaire\/pogosticking-in-seo\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:24:35","slug":"pogosticking-in-seo","status":"publish","type":"dictionnaire-dico","link":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/dictionnaire\/pogosticking-in-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Pogosticking in SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the field of SEO, pogo-sticking refers to the phenomenon where a user explores multiple websites using links displayed on the same Google search results page. When a user pogo-sticks, they quickly return to the results page using their browser&#8217;s &#8220;back&#8221; button after visiting only one page from the first clicked link. If this behavior is repeated frequently for natural or organic links, Google might interpret it as a sign of irrelevant or low-quality pages, which could negatively impact their ranking. However, despite repeated denials from Google executives regarding pogo-sticking, it&#8217;s important to note that this phenomenon can impact the conversion costs of AdWords sponsored links without necessarily penalizing advertisers or their Quality Score. In fact, it can even increase Google&#8217;s revenue. The term &#8220;pogo-sticking&#8221; originates from the activity of bouncing with a pogo stick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories-glossary":[336],"class_list":["post-171653","dictionnaire-dico","type-dictionnaire-dico","status-publish","hentry","categories-glossary-seo-natural-referencing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionnaire-dico\/171653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionnaire-dico"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dictionnaire-dico"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categories-glossary","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories-glossary?post=171653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}