The Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) metric in Core Web Vitals assesses a website's loading speed, impacting user experience and search engine rankings.
To address LCP issues effectively, Google introduced LCP subparts, allowing analysis of page load delays through components like TTFB and image load times.
LCP subparts divide the metric into Time to First Byte, Resource Load Delay, Resource Load Time, and Element Render Delay, providing insights for optimization.
DebugBear's website speed test helps measure LCP subparts' contributions to the overall LCP score.
Optimizing Time to First Byte involves speeding up server response or caching HTML for faster page generation.
Resource Load Delay may occur due to lazy loading techniques, which can be improved by using native lazy loading attributes instead of libraries.
The Load Duration subpart focuses on downloading the LCP image efficiently, recommending modern image formats and proper image sizing for optimization.
Element Render Delay, the final LCP component, addresses delays in displaying content, often influenced by render-blocking scripts and preloading strategies.
Google's inclusion of LCP subpart data in CrUX reports offers valuable insights into real user experiences and optimization opportunities.
Real-user monitoring tools like DebugBear help track LCP scores across website pages, providing detailed insights into visitor experiences and subpart timings.