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Re:The Problem with AMP by applejuicestand on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @10:08AM (#13418118)
99% of internet users are average users. All your concerns are fine but at the end of the day when you want to read the news or whatever, speed matters.
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Re:The Problem with AMP by CaptSpify on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @11:49AM (#13418990)
Then why doesn't Google rank speedy pages?
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Re:The Problem with AMP by brainfire on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @02:14PM (#13420220)
It does, since 2010.

https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2010/04/using-site-speed-i...

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Re:The Problem with AMP by CaptSpify on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @02:27PM (#13420335)
I'm not convinced that's still true. Obviously I can't see google-rankings internal stuff, but...

If I search for weather, lyrics, or other common sites, the top results are always slow, bloated, JS-filled nightmares. Yet the sites that are quick and small are never to be found.

Maybe they do and they need to weight speed higher. I don't know, but I know that I don't ever seem to get fast loading results.

This feels too much like creating a problem that you want to be able to step in and solve.

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