Core Web Vitals and the Google Page Experience Update for 2023

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

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The existing Google page experience metrics include the following:

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What is Core Web Vitals?

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Google has defined the following as Core Web Vitals:

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HOW TO IMPROVE LCP?

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HOW TO REDUCE FID?

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HOW TO IMPROVE CLS?

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OFFICIAL TOOLS TO MEASURE CORE WEB VITALS

Google PageSpeed Insights Search Console Core Web Vitals report Lighthouse

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