Pagespeed findings

  • Interaction to Next Paint (INP) - Core Web Vitals

    Good news! The Interaction to Next Paint will replace the FID as a Core Web Vital per March 2024. Just like first input delay (FID), the Interaction to Next Paint puts focus on the responsiveness of the webpage. To understand how fast your page visually responds to user input, throughout the page's life cycle, Interaction to Next Paint records the latency of all interactions. The Interaction to Next Paint of the page is the highest value of those interactions - or a close approximation of the highest value for pages with many interactions.

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  • Core Web Vitals Glossary : 100+ Terms & Abbrevations You Need To Know

    Are you tired of feeling like you need a translator every time you read about Core Web Vitals? Don't worry, you're not alone! From FID to LCP, and everything in between, it can feel like you're decoding a secret message from a spy movie. But fear not, after this post you can join our secret club!

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  • Keep an eye out on how IOS14+ and Google Ads affects performance

    We are seeing an interesting change in the way digital marketing works right now, especially with Google Ads and how they work on IOS14+ devices. The change is based on a strange search term called "gbraid," which began showing up in our data from some clients around April.

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  • Largest Contentful Paint update in Chrome version 112

    Google Chrome's version 112 brings a significant update to the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) metric, which will now ignore images with very low content relative to their display sizes. This change aims to improve the accuracy of LCP measurements and help web developers optimize their websites' performance. In this article, we will discuss the changes in LCP and how they may affect a site's metrics.

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  • Understanding the Core Web Vitals thresholds

    In recent years, the focus on web performance and user experience has increased significantly. Core Web Vitals are a set of metrics developed by Google to evaluate website performance and user experience. These metrics are key to improving your website's search engine rankings, which in turn leads to better visibility and higher traffic. In this article, we will dive deep into Core Web Vitals, their respective thresholds, and their impact on web performance and search engine optimization (SEO).

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  • How A/B testing impacts your Core Web Vitals and pagespeed

    A/B testing with anti-flicker or async-hiding snippets raises concerns about its impact on Core Web Vitals. This article examines the relationship between client-side A/B testing, Google Optimize, and performance metrics like First Contentful Paint, Largest Contentful Paint, and Time to First Byte. By understanding these connections, website owners and developers can optimize their testing strategies to enhance performance and user engagement.

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  • New release - Introducing UX, FUX, and more!

    We have some exciting news to share with you! After taking your suggestions and feedback into account, we've been hard at work developing a new release that we think you'll love. And it's live right now!

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  • Proud announcement: a new free tool to visualize historic website performance

    Wow, a new Core Web Vitals tool in town? That sees the historical data of Core Web Vitals of your website (or your competitors)?!😉Yup, that's right! Google launched the new API (CrUX History API) and that's something to celebrate because now our extra 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 tool can show you data for the last 6 months.

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  • What is the Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)?

    Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) is a critical Core Web Vital that measures user experience on websites. It measures the visual stability of a page, or in other words, how much the layout of a page changes while a user is trying to interact with it. A high CLS score can lead to a poor user experience and decreased conversions. In this blog, we will discuss the causes of CLS, best practices for reducing it, and tools for measuring and tracking CLS on your website.

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  • 7 reasons why choosing a RUM partner needs consideration

    With Core Web Vitals, real user experience data became popular. And everyone and their dogs started to become acquainted with pagespeed and so-called field data. As field data is based on real user experiences out in the field, it is just another word for Real User Monitoring (RUM).

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  • Elgentos's secret to keeping client websites fast

    Elgentos Ecommerce Solutions Elgentos is an Ecommerce agency that focuses on building webshops with Magento 2. They can take care of the entire webshop construction process for you. Wireframing, de

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  • Are Core Web Vitals affected by Google Ads?

    Our data shows that the question should actually be: by how much? And a bad Time to First Byte will even impact both user engagement and Core Web Vitals, via the First Contentful Paint and Largest Contentful Paint metrics. This happens because Google Ads will add a redirect for tracking purposes once a user clicks. Add inefficient caching rules on top of this, and you've got yourselves expensive traffic that is less likely to convert.

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  • Why you should not lazyload your pagespeed monitoring script

    It's often especially JavaScript that will be impacting your Lighthouse score. So, delaying any JavaScript feels like a good idea. And maybe you want lazyload RUMvision as well. Because despite being a monitoring solutions and giving you insights into real UX, it's still yet another JavaScript file. Let's discuss if it's safe to lazyload RUMvision.

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  • Why you need a real user monitoring (RUM) tool

    You've launched your website, and it's live. Now what? In order to keep improving your site's user experience, you need a tool that can give you insights into how real users are experiencing your site. This is where real user monitoring comes in—it's the practice of collecting data from actual visitors as opposed to synthetic visits or non-human agents like crawlers or bots.

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  • How to measure Core Web Vitals?

    There are several ways to measure your Core Web Vitals. But which one gives you the most reliable results and why? And which one is best for you?

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  • Chrome version 106 eliminates the need for an EV certificate

    As of Chrome 106, Chrome will no longer be doing Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) revocation checks by default for Extended Validation (EV) certificates. This led to a direct performance improvement for sites using an EV certification.

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  • How device capabilities might impact your site speed

    That smartphones come in many types and price ranges we all know. But do you also know that this can have a lot of impact on your site speed and the user's experience?

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