Core Web Vitals
Google's set of three field-measured user experience metrics — LCP, INP and CLS — used as part of the page experience signals in ranking.
Technical
Page experience
Google's umbrella term for signals about how users perceive interacting with a page, including Core Web Vitals, HTTPS and absence of intrusive interstitials.
In full
Google retired the standalone 'page experience update' framing and the Search Console Page Experience report's aggregate score, and now describes page experience as a set of considerations feeding its core ranking systems rather than a single ranking factor. Content relevance still dominates: a great experience will not rescue unhelpful content. Mobile-friendliness and safe browsing were also part of earlier formulations.
Example
A site fixes CLS and removes a full-screen mobile interstitial, improving engagement without any direct ranking jump.
Related terms
HTTPS
HTTP over TLS, encrypting traffic between browser and server; a lightweight Google ranking signal since 2014 and a baseline expectation…
Intrusive interstitial
A pop-up or overlay that obscures the main content immediately after a user arrives from search, which Google's guidance discourages on…
Mobile-first indexing
Google's practice of crawling, indexing and ranking based on the mobile version of a page; completed for all sites by mid-2024.
Helpful, reliable, people-first content
Google's stated content standard: content created primarily for people, that demonstrates first-hand expertise and leaves readers feeling…
Where to read more
- Evaluating Page Experience for a Better Web · Landmark Post · developers.google.com
- Understanding Google Page Experience · Documentation · developers.google.com
- Web Vitals · Documentation · web.dev