How vital is the speed of a website?

[Connor]

Is website speed an important factor?

[Blake Acy]

Yes, of course. It is very important.

[Aiden]

Google considers site speed when ranking websites on their search engine. If speed is important to Google, and you rely on the internet traffic to keep your eCommerce business running, it should be important to you as well.

[Colton Abbe]

Fast loading sites impress visitors.
If the page loads slowly then you may even lose your customers as it is a sign of a bad impression.

[Rodney]

It also affects SEO rankings. Google says that the content quality and importance must not be sacrificed to make pages faster.

[Colton Abbe]

Healthier rankings upsurge organic traffic, which is vital for companies. It is important for both the customers and owners. Customers should not get frustrated and owners should not face low traffic on the site.

[Jesse_S]

What does speed exactly mean?

[Ruby Alder]

The time taken by the browser to load the web pages for any particular site is known as the page speed or website speed.

[Riley]

Yes the fully-functioning pages.
Significance of speed-

1) Speed affects conversions.

2) Bounce rate.

3) affects the Google ranking.

4) User experience is great with high speed.

[Connor]

Special thanks to all. It was a great discussion.