"Fewer than 1% of search queries are affected by the site speed signal in our implementation"
It's pretty clear they're just using this to weed out broken sites that take forever to load. If your visitors aren't already bouncing because of long load times, you probably have nothing to worry about.
I don't know why you're being downvoted. While I think the article suggests that they are giving a slight boost to sites that give a better user experience, I think your point is a much more likely reality.
It's pretty clear they're just using this to weed out broken sites that take forever to load. If your visitors aren't already bouncing because of long load times, you probably have nothing to worry about.