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Why a Slow Website Costs You Rankings — and How to Fix It

Core Web Vitals explained in plain English: LCP, INP and CLS, why they affect SEO and conversions, and the quick fixes that make the biggest difference.

5 min readBy the GotechDigi team

Why a Slow Website Costs You Rankings — and How to Fix It

Google measures how fast and stable your pages feel to real visitors. Three numbers matter most.

LCP — Largest Contentful Paint

How long until the main content appears. Aim for under 2.5 seconds on mobile. Fix: compress and properly size hero images, use modern formats like AVIF/WebP and avoid heavy sliders.

INP — Interaction to Next Paint

How quickly the page responds when someone taps. Fix: ship less JavaScript. Every plugin and widget has a cost.

CLS — Cumulative Layout Shift

Does the page jump around while loading? Fix: set width and height on images and reserve space for ads and embeds.

This very website is built with a static-first framework that ships almost no JavaScript — which is why it loads in well under a second.

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