Now that SEO is taking performance optimization much more seriously thanks to Google‘s Core Web Vitals, some people think a web page’s Lighthouse performance scores correlate with their Core Web Vitals score. But is this really true? Rick Viscomi dives deeper into that question.
Rick concludes it’s better to use tools like Google Search Console‘s Core Web Vitals field data report if you want more accurate and actionable data.
🎩 Hat tip to Chris Christoff for bringing this to my attention.