Google has officially shut down its Web Vitals Chrome extension with the release of Chrome 132. All its key features are now fully integrated into DevTools’ Performance panel, making it the go-to tool for measuring Core Web Vitals. While nearly 200,000 users used the extension, the Chrome team has decided to focus solely on DevTools, … Read more
Barry Pollard, the Google Chrome Web Performance Developer Advocate, explained how to find the real causes of a poor Lowest Contentful Paint score and how to fix them. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) LCP is a core web vitals metric that measures how long it takes for the largest content element to display in a site … Read more
A prolific WordPress plugin publisher who has created over three dozen free plugins has released code that other plugin and theme publishers can use to block client’s of Matt Mullenweg’s WordPress.com commercial web hosting platform from using them. What The Plugin & Theme Code Does The plugin was created so that other plugin and theme … Read more
Like many businesses, I depend on web forms on my website to collect visitor information and to give them an easy way to contact me. They are an invaluable part of my lead generation strategy. You probably know what a web form is and roughly what it looks like, but do you really know what … Read more
OpenAI has updated ChatGPT to make web search available to all registered users. The update also includes voice search and maps integration. With voice search, you can ask questions about current events and local information in a natural way. This feature works in multiple languages and allows for real-time queries. Additionally, ChatGPT’s mobile apps now … Read more
Google stresses the importance of using actual user data to assess Core Web Vitals instead of relying only on lab data from tools like PageSpeed Insights (PSI) and Lighthouse. This reminder comes as the company prepares to update the throttling settings in PSI. These updates are expected to increase the performance scores of websites in … Read more
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I used to be a content writer for a small web design agency, and my first piece was about website design best practices. I remember my manager going through it and telling me, “All good, but web design isn’t just about making things look good.” Back then, I was young and fresh, and honestly, that … Read more
How does the rapid growth of bots change the open web? More than half of the web’s traffic comes from bots: Imperva’s Bad Bot Report 2024 reveals that almost 50% of total internet traffic wasn’t human in 2024. Trend: declining. Cloudflare’s Radar shows ~70% human traffic and 30% from bots. Akami reports that 42% of … Read more
HTTPArchive is offering a new technology comparison dashboard, currently in beta testing. Users can now view real-world web hosting performance scores for Core Web Vitals. We compare six web hosts and find one that consistently performs better across nearly all metrics. About HTTPArchive HTTPArchive tracks websites through crawling and with data collected in the Chrome … Read more
This post was sponsored by DebugBear. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Want to make your website fast? Luckily, many techniques and guides exist to help you speed up your website. In fact, just in the last year, several new browser features have been released that offer: New ways to optimize … Read more
The official documentation for how Core Web Vitals are scored was recently updated with new insights into how Interaction to Next Paint (INP) scoring thresholds were chosen and offers a better understanding of Interaction To Next Paint. Interaction to Next Paint (INP) Interaction to Next Paint (INP) is a relatively new metric, officially becoming a … Read more
Google Search Advocate John Mueller has reaffirmed that Core Web Vitals are not major ranking factors, responding to data that suggested otherwise. His statements come amid growing industry discussion about the immediate impact of site performance on search visibility. Mueller’s Stance Mueller stated on LinkedIn: “We’ve been pretty clear that Core Web Vitals are not … Read more
YouTube is rolling out an update with changes across desktop, mobile, TV, and YouTube Music. Key Changes & New Features User Interface The update brings visual changes to YouTube’s interface across all platforms. These changes may improve readability and navigation, particularly on mobile devices. YouTube’s Chief Product Officer, Johanna Voolich, stated in an interview: “On … Read more
Google rolled out a new Core Web Vitals tool called CrUX Vis that shows you hidden patterns in performance scores and offers guidance on what to improve. The data is sourced from the CrUX dataset which is based on actual user experiences on the URLs and websites that are analyzed and explored in the new … Read more
Google’s Lighthouse doesn’t use the Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric in its standard tests, despite INP being one of the Core Web Vitals. Barry Pollard, Web Performance Developer Advocate on Google Chrome, explained the reasoning behind this and offered insights into measuring INP. Lighthouse Measures Page Loads, Not Interactions Lighthouse measures a simple page … Read more
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about why Google indexes pages that are disallowed from crawling by robots.txt and why the it’s safe to ignore the related Search Console reports about those crawls. Bot Traffic To Query Parameter URLs The person asking the question documented that bots were creating links to non-existent query parameter URLs … Read more
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question in the SEO Office Hours podcast about whether reproducing YouTube video content into text on a web page would be seen as duplicate content and have a negative impact on the web page rankings. Although duplicate content is not a negative ranking factor, content published on a more authoritative … Read more
Google has defined a set of metrics site owners should focus on when optimizing for page experience. Core Web Vitals metrics are part of Google’s page experience factors that all websites should strive to meet. Users’ expectations for web experiences can vary according to site and context, but some remain consistent regardless of where they … Read more
