Burlington WordPress Online - Google Adding UX To Search Ranking in 2021

In May, Google announced [1] that search engine results ranking will change "sometime in 2021" to include "page experience metrics". Specifically, Google will incorporate "Core Web Vitals" [2] metrics related to loading, interactivity, and visual stability.

How does this relate to WordPress? What can we start thinking about now to be ready for these changes sometime in 2021?

And what does "Largest Contentful Paint" mean, anyway? (And "First Input Delay" and "Cumulative Layout Shift"?)

Dan York has been investigating Google's announcement and will relay what he has learned so far and start a discussion about what steps we all might be able to begin to explore for our sites.

At the end, the group will also discuss topics and speakers for future meetings. Please bring your ideas!

Please RSVP so that you can be sent the Zoom link closer to time of the meeting.

[1] https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2020/05/evaluating-page-experience.html

[2] https://web.dev/vitals/ and https://blog.chromium.org/2020/05/introducing-web-vitals-essential-metrics.html