🔵Core Web Vitals

Essential Metrics for a Healthy Site

According to web.dev core web vitals is a useful way "to quantify the experience of your site and identify opportunities to improve". These metrics are used to provide insights into the performance of a website from the user's perspective and help website owners and developers identify areas for improvement to enhance the user experience.

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is a metric that measures the loading performance of a web page, specifically the time it takes for the largest visible element (such as an image or a block of text) to render on the screen.

First Input Delay (FID)

First Input Delay (FID) measures the time from when a user first interacts with a page (e.g. clicks a link or taps a button) to the time when the browser is able to respond to that interaction.

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) measures the visual stability of a web page, specifically the amount of unexpected layout shift of visible elements. This includes elements that move, change size, or suddenly appear, causing the user to lose their place on the page.