Google’s “Page Experience Update” will begin rolling out in June. At first, sites that meet Core Web Vitals thresholds will have a minor ranking advantage in mobile search for all browsers. Search is important to our business, and this is the story of how we improved our Core Web Vitals scores. We built a tool along the way that we are releasing as open-source for anyone to use—and help us improve! https://smashingmagazine.com/2021/05/core-web-vitals-case-study/
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