"We'll begin using page experience as part of our desktop ranking systems beginning in February 2022. The rollout will be complete by the end of March 2022. This ranking launch will be based on the same page experience signals that we rolled out for mobile earlier this year.

We are also planning to help site owners understand how their desktop pages are performing with regards to page experience using a Search Console report which will launch before desktop becomes a ranking signal."

The page experience algorithm tries to understand how website visitors perceive a web page: how quickly it loads, how well the page is displayed on mobile phones, how ads are shown on the page, etc.

The new page experience algorithm uses existing Google ranking factors. For example, the page speed update, the mobile-friendly update, the interstitials update and the HTTPS update are part of the new algorithm. Google is going to refine the metrics that deal with usability and speed.

Google's announcement also explains core web vitals. These are a set of real-world, user-centered metrics that quantify key aspects of the user experience. They measure dimensions of web usability such as load time, interactivity, and the stability of content as it loads (so you don’t accidentally tap that button when it shifts under your finger).

The core web vitals signals and the existing ranking signals make Google's new page experience algorithm:

The signals are the same for desktop, except for mobile friendliness. These are the core web vitals metrics:

• Largest Contentful Paint (LCP): how quickly a web page loads. The LCP should occur within 2.5 seconds of when the page first starts loading.
• First Input Delay (FID): how quickly users can interact with a page. Pages should have a FID of less than 100 milliseconds.
• Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS): the visual stability of a page (jumping buttons, etc.). Pages should maintain a CLS of less than 0.1.

In addition to this, a web page should work on mobile devices (not applicable for desktop search), it should not contain malicious or deceptive content, it should not contain intrusive interstitials, and it should be servers over HTTPS.

Among many other things, the Website Audit tool in SEOprofiler checks the loading time of your web pages. The 'Performance' page in the audit report shows the fastest and the slowest pages of your website, and it lets you filter the pages of your website by loading time:

If you do not make sure that your website loads quickly, your competition will make sure that their websites do.

"We have updates all the time. We'll certainly have more spam updates, more core updates, likely more of other types. We also have been working to keep different update types launched separately from each other when we can, so creators have a better sense of changes."

"Essentially all of the Page Experience factors would then apply to desktop too. That seems more consistent."

"If you write content, it's good to make sure it's respectful & inclusive. Our word-list in the developer documentation style guide might be a good starting point for a guide of your own. (And feel free to submit feedback with the link on the bottom if things are missing!)"

"Google has changed the name of its local business management product once again. I think that might be sixth time, or maybe more, Google has changed the name of this product. It is now known as Google Business Profile, no longer will it be called Google My Business."