# A Stupidly Simple Way to Increase Your Time on Site by 19% \| Ep\. \#664

**URL:** https://www.singlegrain.com/episodes/marketing-school/a-stupidly-simple-way-to-increase-your-time-on-site-by-19-ep-664/  
**Published:** 2018-05-26  
**Author:** Selena Templeton  
**Summary:** In episode \#664, Eric and Neil discuss a simple way to increase your time on site\. Tune in to hear what you can do to give users a great experience\.\.\.\.  

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In episode #664, Eric and Neil discuss a simple way to increase your time on site. Tune in to hear what you can do to give users a great experience.

**TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:**

- \[00:27\] Today’s Topic:  _A Stupidly Simple Way to Increase Your Time on Site by 19%_
- \[00:35\] Time on site meaning, time visitors spend on your site.
- \[00:41\] If you can increase the time spent on your site, Google will see this and up your ranking.
- \[00:50\] If you have a high time on site, you’re less likely to get hit by the Google Panda Update.
- \[00:56\] The panda update is all about measuring quality.
- \[01:30\] If your time on site is low, it’s a negative signal.
- \[01:50\] You want to deliver a good experience.
- \[01:53\] Amazon recently came out with a product called [Amazon Polly](https://aws.amazon.com/polly/).
- \[01:57\] Amazon Polly takes your text and converts it into an audio file.
- \[02:14\] Using this increased Eric and Neil’s dwell time by 19%.
- \[02:25\] Use the [Polly WordPress plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-polly/).
- \[02:50\] Make sure you add videos to your blog posts!
- \[03:04\] This has increased Neil’s dwell time.
- \[03:25\] Embed the videos wherever it makes sense.
- \[03:55\] Use [Pocket](https://getpocket.com/) on your mobile device: it’s a text-to-speech tool.
- \[04:05\] It will read articles to you.
- \[04:08\] That’s it for today!
- \[04:12\] Go to [Singlegrain.com/Giveway](https://www.singlegrain.com/giveaway) for a special marketing tool giveaway!

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