What does Server Response Time (SRT) mean?
Server Response Time (SRT) is a measure of the time it takes for your Website to reply to the initial request for a page. While it is not one of Google’s core vital statistics at present, Google does watch how fast your Website responds to requests. This affects the values of all of the other criteria Google uses to score your site.
Most importantly, your visitors see this delay. A slow response can ruin a visitor’s experience on your site. Google uses the following ranges to score your SRT rank.
0 - 600 ms
Fast
> 600 ms
Slow
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