Core Web Vitals

Google's scorecard for how fast, stable, and responsive your pages feel to real visitors.

Core Web Vitals are a small set of measurements Google uses to judge the real-world experience of your web pages: how quickly the main content loads, how fast the page reacts when someone taps or clicks, and whether things jump around on screen while it's loading. Together they capture whether a page feels fast and stable or slow and janky.

Google factors these scores into rankings, and just as important, they reflect what visitors feel — slow, unstable pages get abandoned. You can check yours with free tools like Google's PageSpeed Insights, and common fixes include lighter images, less on-page clutter, and better hosting.

Why it matters

Slow, jumpy pages lose both search rankings and impatient customers before they ever see your offer.

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