09 April 2010 – Google has officially announced that a new ‘signal’ or ranking factor is now included in the race for top web search rankings: site speed.
In laymen’s term, the site speed refers to how quickly a website is able to respond to requests on the internet. According to Google Webmaster Central Blog, this would help improve on user experience and reducing operating costs.
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http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/using-site-speed-in-web-search-ranking.html