SEO 9 min readFebruary 2025 By OwlClaw Team

Core Web Vitals 2025: LCP, INP, and CLS Explained

Everything you need to know about Core Web Vitals — what they measure, how they affect rankings, and step-by-step fixes for LCP, INP, and CLS.

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Key Takeaways

  • LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)
  • INP (Interaction to Next Paint)
  • CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Core Web Vitals are three user experience metrics Google uses as a ranking signal — measuring loading performance (LCP), interactivity (INP), and visual stability (CLS).

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Target under 2.5 seconds. Fix by compressing images to WebP, using a CDN, and eliminating render-blocking resources.

INP (Interaction to Next Paint)

Target under 200ms. Slow INP is usually caused by heavy JavaScript. Fix by code-splitting and deferring non-critical scripts.

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Target below 0.1. Caused by images without dimensions, ads that expand, and dynamically injected content. Always define width/height on images.

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SEO FAQs

Yes. They are a confirmed ranking signal. In competitive niches where content quality is similar, a Good CWV score can be the tiebreaker.

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