Kyle is right that Google is putting more emphasis in User Experience. Because Google can't read human's mind, Google rely on engagement metrics, which can be found in Google Analytics to judge user experience. For examples :
1. Sessions with search : total number of visitors who searched for your website in Googl search
2. Results Pageview / Search : total number of pages visited after clicking into your website from search results
3. Click Through Rate (CTR) : the percentage of users clicking into your website from search results
4. Pageview : total number of pageviews
5. Unique pageviews : total number of pageviews by new users 6. Avg. time on page : average time spent reading a page
7. Pages/session : average number of pages users navigated when visiting your site
8. Avg. session duration : average time spent navigating your website
9. Bounce rate : the percentage of users leaving your website without navigating to a second page

Therefore if we can help each other improve the above engagement metrics, which indicate good user experience to Google, we will be able to improve our rankings.

Analytics doesn't necessarily have any direction correlation to ranking. For example, Google won't look at these factors and determine your rank as a result of looking at them as their first focus is content and overall user experience. Some of these might trickle into secondary things Google will look at although they have stated they don't.

In saying these, they are good metrics that you would have to believe that Google would use in determining rank, in particular the "time on page" variable. The longer someone stays no your page, the more valuable your content must be (or the more relevant it is).

Guys I have sent a message to Carson and Kyle asking them to help promote this thread, lets see if they will help.

Hi everybody,

Would like to remind that to make this work precisely how we want it to, please do not go into the website immediately, go Google search for the website first instead. for instance Kev's URL is "diyaquaponicswithkev.com", if you type the exact words in the search text box, it will bring you directly INTO Kev's page.

Instead of searching "diyaquaponicswithkev.com" , type and search for "diyaquaponicswithkev.com website", then google will provide the search results and then only we click into the webpage.

This is important so that we increase the numbers of organic search and click through rate. Very important for ranking.

Hi Everyone, I think we should give Axton a big thanks you for starting this thread. It has made a big difference for all of us who are participating. Cheers Kev

Very helpfull, thank you!

Great idea. Is this an experimentation or is it a proven fact?

I have just re-posted your blog now. We aren't breaking any rules with this are we?

Just another way you can promote your site, publish articles with EzineArticles.com and link back to your site. EzineArticles has high Domain Authority and Googles like backlinks from them. Cheers Kev

Thanks guys for joining this thread. Lets help to promote this so that we can all rank better in google.

This is my URL http://www.kickstartdream.com

I will sirely return the favor. Cheers

Great idea, perhap it can be taken to Kyle and Carson to make it formal in WA. My site http://diyaquaponicswithkev.com
I know it won't make any difference to ranking but it would be helpful if, when we visit a site, we let the owner of the site know. Thanks for starting this thread, fantastic idea. Cheers kev

Great think you.

Great idea here is mine... www.country-charm.com and I'll go to yours now. Will spend time browsing several pages.

Great idea! Here is mine:-

http://fit-cats.com

Jim