Core Web Vitals for Beginners
What LCP, INP and CLS mean in plain words, the scores Google calls good, and step-by-step fixes for slow images, heavy scripts and pages that jump while they load.
What LCP, INP and CLS mean in plain words, the scores Google calls good, and step-by-step fixes for slow images, heavy scripts and pages that jump while they load.
The 2021 page experience update made Core Web Vitals a ranking signal. Google retired it as a named system in 2023, but the signals still count.
Fast internet, slow site? The bottleneck is usually the website: server response time, heavy images, too many scripts. How to find the real cause and fix it, without buying hype.
Ads are the most common cause of layout shift on monetised blogs. Here is how to reserve ad space, lazy load lower slots and keep CLS and INP in the green.