We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. In the future, Google's Chrome may warn you about slow-loading websites. Google is considering the idea as a way to encourage developers to speed up page-load times. "We think the web can do better and want to help users understand when a site may load slowly, while rewarding sites delivering fast experiences," Google's Chrome team said in a Monday blog post. The company is still weighing how to "badge" sites with glacial loading times. It might simply label the site with the words "usually loads slow" with a red warning symbol as the page loads. Another idea is to use a green progress bar on the browser to indicate a website is loading fast. The company is also considering "context menus," which would involve Google offering a link showing you the typical speeds for the site before you choose to visit it. Google plans on determining a site's loading time by looking at "historical load latencies," the Chrome team said in the blog post. "Further along, we may expand this to include identifying when a page is likely to be slow for a user based on their device and network conditions," the team added. The proposal is also a subtle way for Google to name-and-shame websites with slow loading times. No timetable was given on when these warnings might show up. The Chrome team merely said, "our plan to identify sites that are fast or slow will take place in gradual steps, based on increasingly stringent criteria." "Our long-term goal is to define badging for high-quality experiences, which may include signals beyond just speed," the Chrome team added. It's not the first time Google has shamed websites into action through the Chrome browser. Last year, the browser began flagging websites without HTTPS encryption as "not secure."

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