What are the common CWV thresholds?

A good starting target: LCP < 2.5s, INP < 200ms, CLS < 0.1. Your goals may vary by device and audience.

Does a higher score always mean better rankings?

Performance is one signal, not the only one. It often helps you win when content is similar and prevents you from being penalized for poor experience.

What’s the fastest way to improve LCP?

Speed up the LCP element: optimize hero images, preload critical resources, reduce render-blocking, and keep the main thread free.

Core Web Vitals

Q: Does a higher score always mean better rankings?

Performance is one signal, not the only one. It often helps you win when content is similar and prevents you from being penalized for poor experience.

Q: What’s the fastest way to improve LCP?

Speed up the LCP element: optimize hero images, preload critical resources, reduce render-blocking, and keep the main thread free.

Treat CWV as product quality metrics. Better UX often translates into better SEO outcomes over time.

1) LCP

Common LCP elements: hero image, H1 block, banners
Fixes: optimize images (WebP/AVIF), preload critical resources, reduce render-blocking

2) INP

Keep the main thread free: reduce long tasks and heavy synchronous work
Use code splitting, avoid unnecessary re-renders, move heavy work off-thread

3) CLS

Reserve space for images/iframes (width/height or aspect-ratio)
Avoid injecting banners above content after paint

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