Core Web Vitals
Google's set of page experience metrics: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) for loading speed, Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) for visual stability, and Interaction to Next Paint (INP) for responsiveness. These are a confirmed Google ranking factor.
How Core Web Vitals works in practice
The three Core Web Vitals are Largest Contentful Paint (LCP: how fast the main content loads, target < 2.5s), Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS: how much the page shifts during load, target < 0.1), and Interaction to Next Paint (INP: responsiveness to user input, target < 200ms). Large unoptimised hero images and render-blocking JavaScript are the leading causes of poor LCP; ads, embeds, and dynamically injected content cause most CLS issues. Optimising Core Web Vitals requires collaboration between developers and marketers — developers address code performance while marketers audit third-party tag weight and ad formats loaded via GTM. Google Search Console provides a Core Web Vitals report segmented by URL group, device type, and connection speed, making it the primary diagnostic tool.
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Optimisations to a site's infrastructure — crawlability, indexability, page speed, Core Web Vitals, schema markup, canonical tags, and site architecture — that help search engines discover, render, and rank content.
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