Web Vitals

Definitions

1. A set of user-centric performance metrics defined by Google — most notably the Core Web Vitals: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Interaction to Next Paint (INP), and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) — used to quantify real-world page load experience and factored into search ranking.

   In plain English: A set of measurements Google uses to grade how fast and smooth a webpage feels to real users.

   Example: "Our CLS score tanked because the ad slot pushes the content down after the hero image loads — we need a fixed-height placeholder."

Related Terms

• SSR
• Core Web Vitals
• Core Web Vitals
• Pagination
• Skeleton Screen
• Cumulative Layout Shift
• Progressive Loading
• Server-Side Rendering