Core Web Vitals  Mobile  LCP issue: longer than 4s (mobile)

[Ali210]

Can someone help with optimizing the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) for mobile devices? Currently, it takes longer than 4 seconds, and I’m looking for advice on how to improve this metric. This issue has come on my Blog website:  joinasf.

[DaisyVo]

Hi @Ali210 

Improving your website's Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) on mobile devices is crucial for enhancing user experience. Here are targeted steps to address LCP issues:

1. Optimize Images: Compress and resize large images to reduce load times. Use modern formats like WebP for better compression.
2. Implement Lazy Loading: Ensure images and videos load only when they enter the viewport, decreasing initial load times.
3. Minimize Render-Blocking Resources: Reduce or defer CSS and JavaScript that delay content rendering. Prioritize critical CSS and load non-essential scripts asynchronously.
4. Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN): Serve content from servers closer to users to speed up resource loading.
5. Enable Browser Caching: Set appropriate caching headers to allow browsers to store and reuse resources, reducing load times on subsequent visits.
6. Optimize Server Response Times: Ensure your server responds quickly to requests. Consider upgrading hosting plans or optimizing backend processes if necessary.
7. Preload Important Resources: Use <link rel="preload"> to load critical resources faster.
8. Reduce Third-Party Scripts: Limit the use of external scripts that can slow down page rendering.

Regularly monitor your site's performance using tools like Google PageSpeed Insights to track improvements and identify further optimization opportunities.

If you have other questions, feel free to ask, and I will answer them as well.

Best regards,
Daisy