Should I be obsessing about load times?

Ryan in Dearborn, MI asks: "Many SEO's are obsessing about your speed comments, but I get the feeling speed will be a very minor component in ranking. Am I right, or should I be obsessing about load times as well?"

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• google
• seo
• speed

[OutSourceRabbit]

Really cool answer. I think it's just awesome to look through these Google videos.

Isn't it just great having the Big G themselves tell us what's going on guys? :)

-Kon.

[yogeshsarkar]

Screw Google, concentrate on user experience. If that means making a fast loading website then go with it, if it means making a flash heavy website which is slightly slow to use but fun/important for your users, go with that!

[agapitoflores001]

No one is as knowledgeable as him regarding Google.

[youko04]

hey your answers are very interesting

[andrewrobinson28]

Thanks Matt, these videos are helpful, and its fun trying to read between the lines.

-Andrew (Orange Ocean Internet)

[MyWebs]

@LiquidFricton I have some top rankings and I don't pay Google a dime. I don't know what your motive is for saying such a thing but I really do not believe a word of that.

[LiquidFriction]

you have to pay google to show up ontop of searches, get ready to pay up big, i know websites paying google amounts such as 50,000 a month for traffic

[sayweb]

your hair is growing back....

[McSnookerman]

even if google doesn't use speed as a signal, users are more likely to link to a fast site than a slow site