Google gives estimate on how much Site Traffic your losing due to a Slow website.

[ryan.gerardi]

Slow site loading does not appear to affect Facebook. People continue to flock to the darn place all the time.

 

[Jason@nabthat]

Jason @ nabthat, you have opened my eyes. So I installed the LIGHTHOUSE extension, I am running currently a DEP website and the results I got with the Lighthouse extension are DEPLORABLE. is this real?

Scores:

27 - Progressive Web App
1 - Performance
89 - accessability
54 - best practices

@Carluminati
These are new technologies (AMP/PWA) and do take time for some to get onboard with. Lighthouse specifically is a looking at how the page is built with PWA in mind. This is the future. If your site is not https secure, this will cost the site to score low. Don't take this as the end all be all test, but it is a great tool to utilize when looking to improve page view optimization and load time.

 

[Alexander Lau]

Looks like most SEOs believe that it is a ranking factor, but most of them still have it as a fairly important and not a crucial element.

http://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors