What’s the Background?

Google enjoys more than 90 percent of the global search engine market share. All kinds of companies—SMEs and large firms—put in their best efforts to rank high on Google. Over the years, Google has released a wide range of tools online that marketers can use to evaluate their performance. While some people bocame proficient with these tools, numerous others struggle to adapt.

Google reached a consensus that site owners should have more convenience in ascertaining user experience. To simplify this process, Google came up with a crucial initiative this month, Web Vitals.

What Are Web Vitals?

Web Vitals are a group of metrics. Google aims to provide website owners with quality signals that allow them to deliver a high-quality user experience across the Web.

What Are Core Web Vitals?

Core Web Vitals are the primary metrics that are generated for all the web pages. They reflect a unique characteristic of the user experience. These include:

  • Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) – It shows the time taken by your website to load.
  • First Input Delay (FID) – It measures your website’s interactivity.
  • Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) – It calculates your website’s visual stability.

What Scores Do You Need to Aim for?

If you are an online marketer, create a positive user experience by comparing your Core Vitals with the following scores.

Core Web Vital Good Needs Improvement Poor
LCP (seconds) Less than 2.5 seconds 2.5-4.0 seconds More than 4.0 seconds
FIP(milliseconds) Less than 100 ms 100-300 ms More than 300 ms
CLS Less than 0.1 0.1-0.25 More than 0.25

 

How to Measure Core Web Vitals

All major Google tools support Core Web Vitals. You can view it in the Chrome User Experience Report, Search Console’s Web Vitals report, and PageSpeed Insights. Although these tools can offer a quick glimpse of your site’s performance, you need to configure real-time monitoring for detailed insights of Core Web Vitals.

How to Measure Core Web Vitals in JavaScript

If you work as a front-end developer, you can use standard web APIs to measure Core Web Vitals in JavaScript. The best method is to utilize this JavaScript library.

If you don’t want to write code, you can work with the Web Vitals Chrome Extension.

What Are the Other Web Vitals?

There are other important metrics other than the Core Vitals. These help with diagnosing a specific issue or present a more comprehensive user experience. For instance, Time to First Byte (TTFB) is used to diagnose LCP issues, such as why you are getting a slow server response time.

Final Thoughts

Keep up with Web Vitals to improve your brand’s reputation and user experience. In this way, your customer engagement and customer satisfaction will experience greater heights.