To provide a good experience to its users, Google always keeps updating its algorithms, which impact the ranking of a blog or website. To measure the loading speed, interactivity, and visual stability of a website, Google has updated this new algorithm,m it is made by combining the three main metrics LCP, FID,and CLS.
what is core web vitals seo?
that measures the real-world user experience of the pages of a blog or website on mobile and desktop and provides its reports to the website owners.
In both the sections, Core Web Vitals report in mobile and desktop, we can see how many pages are good according to the user experience, how many pages need improvement, and how many pages are poor. You can get more and more information about all the pages by clicking on Open Reports. It is very important for SEO it helps in Website ranking higher in search results and provides a better user experience. Metrics of Core Web Vitals
Core Web Vitals standardizes a website through three metrics –
• LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)
• FID (First Input Delay)
• CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)
LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)
LCP indicates the time it takes for the browser to display the largest element in the viewport when a user visits the URL of a website.
In other words, if a user visits the URL of a website, then the time taken by the browser to load the largest elements (images, videos, or block-level text) of that URL is LCP time.
For a good user experience, the LCP time should be 2.5 seconds or less. If this time is 2.5-4.0 seconds, then the page of that website needs improvement, and if the same time is more than 4.0 seconds, then that page is placed in the category of poor user experience.
FID (First Input Delay)
FID metrics measure the total time taken by the user from the first time he interacts with a page (tapping on a link or button, etc.) to the time taken by the browser to respond to that interaction.
When the user clicks on a link or button for the first time, the time taken by the browser to respond is counted in FID. This measurement is taken from any interactive element clicked by the user for the first time.
If the FID time of a page is 100ms or less, then that page is good for user experience; if it is 100ms- 300ms, then that page needs improvement, and if it is more than 300ms, then that page is not good for user experience at all.
CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)
When a web page loads, the unwanted layout shift that occurs, the total score that is formed by adding up the different scores of that unwanted layout shift is measured by CLS. This unwanted layout shift on a web page spoils the user experience because when the user tries to interact with any interactive element, he is not able to interact due to the layout shift. Elements like buttons, links, images, banners, tex, etc., on a web page create an unwanted layout shift.
When a web page is loaded, any Button, Links, Image, banners and Text change their position without any animation, then this is called unwanted layout shift. CLS measures the total score of these unwanted layout shifts. For CLS, a score of 0.1 or less is good, if there is a score of 0.25 or less, then that page needs improvement, a score more than 0.25 affects the user experience.
Due to maximum layout shift, when a user tries to click on a link or button on the web page, he is not able to click on the link or button correctly because the link or button shifts and changes its position, which is not at all good for user experience.
Tools to measure Core Web Vitals
Many tools are now available using which Core Web Vitals can be measured-
• Google Search Console.
• PageSpeed ​​Insights.
• Lighthouse.
• Chrome DevTools.
• Chrome UX Report.
• Web Vitals Extension.
Ways to Fix Core Web Vitals Issues
Before fixing Core Web Vitals issues, it is very important to understand the issues that arise. You can learn about these issues with the help of the tools given above. Below are some ways to fix the issues by maintaining Core Web Vitals metrics.
• Use a good web hosting because if the web hosting is not good, then there is a problem with loading web pages.
• Compress images, banners, sliders, and videos, and put them on the web page, and fix their required width and height.
• Try to fix the position of interactive elements.
• Do not use unnecessary CSS and JavaScript code.
• Do not use CDN and third-party code on the website if not necessary.
• Use the right font and try to use the system font as much as possible.
• Try to remove render-blocking resources if not necessary.
• Use the async and defer JavaScript Attribute.
