Does Google count website Speed as A Ranking Factor?

[Slyrackone]

I heard about this but I want to clarified. Is it for real or am I missing something?

 

[CotashCatcher]

In general, it has no direct effect. At least I can not find such information. However, it worsens the user experience, and the longer the page opens, the greater the chance that the user will drop your resource.

 

[Dr Doomain]

Yes, that is an important ranking factor, especially nowadays when everybody is impatient.

 

[Marcela López]

Google provides recommendations for designing your website. One of them is to verify the speed by checking how the page loads on your mobile device. Test the loading speed and confirm if the page is mobile-friendly (you can validate this using Google's Mobile-Friendly Test tool)