3 ms·
They penalize slow sites, its very different.
by lox 10y ago
They penalize slow sites, its very different.
- jjnoakes 10y agoI don't immediately see the vast difference between ranking fast sights higher and ranking slow sites lower. Clue me in please.
- vorpalhex 10y agoIf all websites fall into one of two categories: fast or slow, and you penalize one, it's the same as helping the other and vice versa.
- greglindahl 10y agoThe world isn't that simple. Search engines know how fast their fetches are all of the time, but they only know how fast a javascript-heavy site is when the search engine crawls with javascript on -- which is rarely. And by construction, AMP pages are easy to analyze without having to execute anything.
- chris_va 10y agoYou perhaps underestimate the complexity and fidelity of the Google crawl, indexing, and ranking pipeline. Many intelligent people have spent many years trying to solve the sorts of problems you describe. (disclaimer: I work at Google, and used to work on Search)
- greglindahl 10y agoI totally get that Google has done a lot of work on these issues. It is still the case that no website that wants good ranks should depend on Google executing their javascript. Implementing AMP, on the other hand, means that you know you're going to get a good mobile speed score. In no way was I dissing Google's crawl or crawl team. I'm just handing out conservative advice for website owners. (disclaimer: blekko Founder/CTO. Nice to meet you.)
- chris_va 10y agoNice to meet you too :)
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]