Google uses Core Web Vitals as official page experience ranking signals. Understanding how to measure and optimize LCP, INP, and CLS is critical for search visibility.
Optimizing the 3 Core Metrics
LCP (Target < 2.5s): Preload hero images and optimize server TTFB. INP (Target < 200ms): Break up long JavaScript tasks. CLS (Target < 0.1): Explicitly define image and ad container dimensions.
Article FAQs
Q: What replaced FID in Core Web Vitals?
Interaction to Next Paint (INP) officially replaced First Input Delay (FID) as the responsiveness metric.
