What is page speed and why does it matter?

[ferriesthai]

What is page speed and why does it matter?

[PrimeItSolution]

Page speed is important to users because, well, faster pages are more efficient. Per a recent Kissmetrics infographic, if a page takes longer than 3 seconds to load, over a quarter of users will click away.

[WoodsPainting]

Google has indicated site speed (and as a result, page speed) is one of the signals used by its algorithm to rank pages. ... Page speed is also important to user experience. Pages with a longer load time tend to have higher bounce rates and lower average time on page.

[sophiawils59]

Page Speed is the amount of time that it takes for a webpage to load. A page's loading speed is determined by several different factors, including a site's server, page filesize, and image compression.Page speed is one of the most important factors.Google considers when ranking a website, having slow page speeds may not only frustrate users but also Google, causing your website's organic rankings and traffic to drop

[ritesh3592]

Page Speed is the amount of time that it takes for a webpage to load.Speed affects your Google rank: If your server is slower than three seconds, Google will reduce the number of crawlers it sends to your site. Page speed is a crucial SEO factor as search engines focus on delivering the best online experience to the users.

[greeindseo2019]

Page speed is often confused with "site speed," which is actually the page speed for a sample of page views on a site. Page speed can be described in either "page load time" (the time it takes to fully display the content on a specific page) or "time to first byte" (how long it takes for your browser to receive the first byte of information from the web server).

No matter how you measure it, a faster page speed is better. Many people have found that faster pages both rank and convert better.