Google Search Console is Sending Warnings About Slow-Loading Pages

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Google is sending warnings to webmasters via Search Console, notifying them of slow-loading pages.

What makes these new warnings particularly interesting is they reference measurement data from the Chrome User Experience Report, and specifically mention the importance of the following metrics:

  • First Contentful Paint: The point immediately after navigation when a browser renders pixels to the screen.
  • Time to Interactive: The time at which a page is visually rendered and capable of reliably responding to user input.
  • First Input Delay: The time when a user first interacts with a site, to the time when a browser is able to respond to that interaction.

These are brand new metrics that the Google Chrome team has been experimenting with this year.

Google’s latest warnings from Search Console are an indication that it is tracking these metrics and using them to measure page speed.

With that said, perhaps its time for SEOs who aren’t familiar with these metrics to start taking a closer look.