SEO: Site Speed – It Does Matter – Part 2

As an addition to yesterday’s post on SEO Site Speed, we have a few quick updates based on Google’s new Hummingbird update:

1. The Hummingbird update actually happened 1 month ago; Google just announced it yesterday (September 26th)
2. If you haven’t seen drops in rankings yet – you probably won’t, since the update has already been live for some time
3. Any speculation about algorithm updates (August 21^st, September 4^th, etc.) can be attributed to this update
4. Nothing has been dropped from the algorithm – i.e. site speed is still a very large part of rankings
5. Google is trying to deliver results faster and even more accurate
6. The update is geared toward ‘conversational’ searches – like how you would speak a question into your iPhone. Google is trying to identify the ‘meaning’ behind the words – not only trying to match words to searches

Share your thoughts about the new update with us!