Google Page Experience Update 2023 and Core Web Vitals: All You Need to Know!

Page Experience, the new ranking signal, combines Core Web Vitals with existing user experience signals to improve the evaluation of the overall experience provided by a page.

The existing Google page experience metrics include the following:

 

No Intrusive interstitials HTTPS-security Safe-browsing Mobile-friendliness

What is Core Web Vitals?

Introduced in May 2020, Core Web Vitals are a set of metrics related to speed, responsiveness, and visual stability of a website.

Core Web Vitals are the subset of Web Vitals that apply to all web pages and should be measured by all site owners.

Google has defined the following as Core Web Vitals:

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)

First Input Delay (FID) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)

Fast Slow server response times

Check Render-blocking JavaScript and CSS

Improve Resource load times Examine Client-side rendering HOW TO IMPROVE LCP?

Reduce the impact of third-party code

Reduce JavaScript execution time

Minimize main thread work Keep request counts low and transfer sizes small HOW TO REDUCE FID?

Always include size attributes on your images and video elements

Never insert content above existing content

Prefer transform animations to animations of properties HOW TO IMPROVE CLS?

Google PageSpeed Insights

Search Console Core Web Vitals report

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