Understanding Core Web Vitals Metrics
Google built Core Web Vitals around one question: what do users actually experience when they land on a page? Not what a test tool reports under ideal conditions. What real people encounter on real devices across real network connections. Three metrics answer that question. Loading performance, responsiveness, and visual stability. Each one measures something different, and all three feed directly into how Google evaluates and ranks a page.
Google uses three main Core Web Vitals metrics to evaluate website performance:
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What is LCP in Core Web Vitals? Largest Contentful Paint measures how long it takes for the main content of a page to become visible to users. It is the clearest signal of whether a page feels fast or slow on first load. A strong LCP score means the primary content renders quickly enough that visitors stay rather than leave.
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Interaction to Next Paint (INP) measures responsiveness and evaluates how quickly a website responds when a user interacts with the page.
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Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) measures visual stability and tracks unexpected layout shifts that occur while the page is loading.









