What can be taken to improve LCP
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is a performance metric used to measure the loading speed of a website. It’s one of the Core Web Vitals, a set of metrics defined by Google to help measure the loading performance and user experience of a website.
LCP measures the time it takes for the largest content element (e.g., an image, a video, a heading) to be rendered on the screen. It’s an important metric because it gives an indication of when the main content of the website is visible to the user. A fast LCP means that the user is able to see the main content of the website quickly, which improves their experience.
The ideal LCP score is 2.5 seconds or less. A score between 2.5 and 4 seconds is considered to be acceptable, but anything above 4 seconds is considered to be poor.
To improve LCP, you can try to:
- Optimize images and videos by compressing them and using appropriate file formats.
- Use lazy loading techniques to delay the loading of images and videos that are not in the viewport.
- Minimize the use of third-party scripts, as they can slow down the loading of the website.
- Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to serve your website’s assets from servers closer to your users.
- Use the browser’s resource loading mechanism by setting the ‘preload’ and ‘prefetch’ attributes to important assets.
- Monitor your LCP score and make adjustments accordingly. Use tools like Google PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse, or web.dev/measure to analyze your website’s LCP and other performance metrics.
It’s always recommended to keep track of your LCP score and work towards improving it to ensure that your website