What is Google's Core Web Vitals Update? So today I'm going to talk to you about Core Web Vitals. There's going to be a Google update around this. Which could either help your rankings or could hurt your rankings. I'm going to tell you what it's about and the things that you need to do. So that you can be successful and you can get a boost. From the core web vitals Google update that's going to happen in the future. Let's go ahead and dive into it. Okay, so first thing: let's go over a little bit of the evolution. Of how we got here and then next we're going to get into why you need to pay attention to that. Following that, we'll get into some quick things that you need to know. Then you'll have all the information that you need on Core Web Vitals in a couple minutes. So let's go ahead and get started. So first thing is: what's the evolution? Well? First, Google looked at how fast a page loads. They came out with the page speed Google update. That was a big one. Then they came out with the mobile friendliness update. So is your website mobile-friendly? Those are two things. That are now reports inside a Google search console and their ranking factors. Then next they've come out with core web vitals. So core web vitals, it's pretty straight forward. It looks at three different things. It looks at your speed. It looks at your responsiveness It looks at your visual stability I'll get a little bit more into specifics on that in a second. But why did Google do this? Well, first, the Google update is going to be coming. So that's one thing that you need to know as far as why they are doing this. For the Google update, that report is in Google search console. But in addition to that. They've updated other popular tools as well. They've also updated lighthouse. Which is a popular tool and they also updated the PageSpeed insights tool as well. So those are three different places where you can look at core web vitals. Besides that, they're going to be helping third parties. Who are creating reports for webmasters. On integrating core web vital metrics in their also. They made it so that amp is no longer needed for top stories. So if you're not familiar with top stories in Google News. And on the mobile version within the news area of the mobile site. You can see stories up there that are from amp pages and before you had to have only amp pages to show up there. There are special things you need to do to configure that. So now you are not going to need that with this new core web Vital updates. Amp is no longer going to be necessary. As long as you're following some of these important things. Then finally, they are going to be updating all the developer tools around this as well. So now that we know a little bit about the evolution. We also went over some of the things that are important. Why you need to know and why Google has done this. Now, let's get into a couple other important things. So first, this is just the start. Okay, so Google has gone on record. Saying that they're going to continue. To look at these important things around experience. As we move into the future for SEO rankings. So this isn't going to be the only experience thing that they do. This is the first thing that they're doing. They said that inside of their blog post, that they wrote on the topics. So next, we will look at actually what core web vitals are and then how they affect search signals for a page. This is how it works. Okay, so core web vitals are the website's loading speed right. So how fast does the page load does it load correctly? Interactivity, can people interact with the page ? Then it looks at visual stability right? So is it stable? So when the page loads does it jump around? If you click a button, does it move and things like that? But in addition to that, you've got these other elements that also impact the page. So is it mobile friendly? Is it safe for browsing? Is it on HTTPS right? Is it a secure page and are there no intrusive interstitials? So this is actually the chart that Google's come out with. That shows outside of content and links and some things being technically incorrect. That can also have a big impact. These are the core Web vitals and then the other important search signals for a page. So now you know what those look like. So it's important to keep in mind. That this is just one core web vital. It's really one bucket. Out of hundreds of signals for Google and then also it does not override great content. Google has come out and they said that it does not override great content. Great content is still the most important thing. So core web vitals, my main takeaways for you, are go inside a Google search console check. Out the new core Web vitals report. Make sure you don't have any errors in there and I'm going to pull that up on the screen. So you can take a good look at the report. You're going to want to click through each of those individual things. You're going to want to work through that process, while you're doing that. Don't forget that it's one out of hundreds of signals. You've got until the end of 2020 or early 2021. Before this update comes out. Google's going to be coming out with more information to get you core web vital safe. So that's it for core web miles today. If you like this article like comment, subscribe, leave a comment I love hearing from you. That's why I do these articles and if you need any help, let me know see you next time. If you need High Quality Freelance Services Contact Ace's Freelance Services today!