Does Page Speed really affect SEO?

[kumarajite]

According to my knowledge, Page speed really affect SEO because when people will click to your website then if it will open fast then visitors will love our website and spend good time on it otherwise most of the website who has poor page speed then It will take time to open , So that condition visitors will left our website and through this way our website’s Bounce rate will increase.

[tronsymphony]

I think it affects seo because google says it does

[nikzads]

Page speed affects customers. With now-a-days short attention, they will not wait for your website to load. The overall experience of the website is impacted.

I always check the bounce rate of the page which has bad pagespeed with the good ones. You will get a perspective of how your market is responding.

It’s a parameter for SEO, it definitely plays a role in competitive keyword space where the pagespeed score is considered and ranking matters.

[propelguru01]

The easy answer is that page speed affects SEO. Page speed is a straightforward ranking factor, a fact that can be better understood using Google’s speed refresh algorithm. However, speed can also affect ratings indirectly, increasing the bounce rate and reducing settling time.

[GringoTheDingoAU]

Look at everything Google push as their “creed” for the last decade or so – all of it relates to providing the user with a better experience.

Page speed matters, but it’s not about satisfying every single little metric that would push your site into the green on PageSpeed insights – you literally just need to have a website that is fast enough, responsive, free from intrusive popups and operates over HTTPS and you can still rank fine.

Page speed is a lightweight ranking factor and is going to be even when CWV drops, but it still matters because Google wants to provide their users with a “good experience” so they say.

[rpaim8]

Page speed is “one of the factors” and not “the factor” for ranking.
Looks like the pages ranked were good at other factors

[abhinavthak]

Yes it’s an essential part of on page seo, I have been working just for 20 days even I know that…..

[ConfusedGrasshopper]

Page speeds affects user experience. If a site is too slow then I just close the site down and go to another site instead. That is very important to SEO, if the user stays on the page for long and interacts with many different elements of the site

[gotsta_get_paid]

It definitely does. And the thing that I like about page speed optimization is that it immediately improves the entire site, permanently (more or less)

[remonhendriksen6]

I have increased the page speed of my website from 20 to 100 and it did nothing with my Google rankings.

So I think it depends. When all of your competitors have great Page Speed Scores, you also should have.

And I think it is really good for the conversion rate on your site. So if you can fix low hanging fruit, you should definitely fix. If you already have a site that loads very good for your visitors, there are probably a lot more things to do for your SEO that make more impact.

[F5_Studio]

In fact it depends on.

Google uses algorithms to rank pages. What does it mean?

Google’s system -> How’s page speed?
a) -> It’s good -> See to other factors
b) -> It’s low -> See to other factors

There is no direct link between factors and ranking (or SEO performance).

[sidra08asla]

Yes, It does. It’s an important factor SEO and google also includes this factor in core web-vitals.

[simplebutcreative]

Page speed WILL NEVER BE MORE IMPORTANT than high quality content. Page speed is for user’s experience. As long as your implementing best practices then you should be fine. Your main focus should be On-Page SEO (high quality content) period.

I mean if your website is loading in 5, 10, 15 seconds then you’re just a negligent website owner lol.

[MoistCheddar]

It’s not a major ranking factor, it’s a tie breaker

[RecentGiraffe]

Yes it does, think about it from your POV. When’s the last time you waited for a slow website to fully load? ?