What is dwell time?

[PoolMaster]

What is dwell time?

[mihirthakur]

time spent in same position is dwell time.

[dennis123]

Dwell time: the amount of time that passes between the moment a user clicks a search result and subsequently returns back to the SERPs.

[amarnathsmm]

Dwell time: the amount of time that passes between the moment a user clicks a search result and subsequently returns back to the SERPs. Bounce rate: the percentage of single‐page sessions (i.e. visitors who only visit one page on your website before leaving).

[bmINDIA]

Thanks for the information.

[anirban09P]

What is dwell time?

[RH-Calvin]

Dwell time: the amount of time that passes between the moment a user clicks a search result and subsequently returns back to the SERPs.

[akshaypandit]

time spent in the same position constantly

[yuva12]

dwell time means time spent in the same position, area, stage of a process, etc

[HosTechS]

Dwell time is the Actual length of time which a visitor stays on a website page before returning to the Search engine result pages.

[Saravanan28]

Dwell time is the amount of time that passes between the moment you click a search result and subsequently return back to the SERPs.

[Sara James]

Dwell time (information retrieval), a relevance indicator measuring the time the user remains at a search result after a click. Dwell time (military), time service members spend in home station between deployments to war zones, or to dependent restricted tours.

[vigneshtech]

The time between when a user clicks on our search result and when they come back from your website tells a potential story.

[kylojoe]

Dwell time is that time duration between when user click on a link and when the user return from that result.

[jackanderson]

How much time a user stay in result which show on search engine result page after the clicking is called dwell time.
The time between once a user clicks on our search result and after they come from your web site tells a possible story. Duane even mentions what is alleged to be a good signal. One to two minute is good because it indicates the visitor consumed your content.