Exploring Core Web Vitals

Core Web Vitals comprises a set of metrics that assess real-world user experience in terms of loading performance, interactivity, and visual stability of a webpage.

Focusing on Core Web Vitals is important for both improving user experience and achieving better search rankings. Prioritizing these metrics helps ensure that webpages load quickly, respond promptly to user interactions, and maintain visual stability, all of which contribute to a positive user experience and align with SEO best practices. Let’s delve deeper into these metrics.

First Contentful Paint

First Contentful Paint (FCP) is a crucial web performance metric that measures the time it takes for the browser to render the first piece of content (text, image, or other DOM elements) on the screen from the initial navigation request. It marks the point in the loading process when users can start seeing content on the webpage. Figure 10.2 illustrates the FCP metric. Values of 1.8...