LCP is one of the Core Web Vitals. A good score is under 2.5 seconds. Hosting, the size of the image at the top and the quality of the code all affect it.
What does this mean in practice?
LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) measures when the largest visible element appears on screen. Usually that is the large image or the heading at the top of the page. It is one of the three Core Web Vitals.
Why does this matter for your business?
LCP coincides with the moment a visitor feels the page is ‘there’. According to Google, a good score is under 2.5 seconds. Slower pages lose visitors and rankings.
Examples and best practices
- Compress the image at the top and give it the right dimensions.
- Load that image with priority, without lazy loading.
- Choose fast hosting with caching.
- Limit scripts that block the page from rendering.
How we do it at Ikoon
At Ikoon we build every website to measure, without a template full of unnecessary code. The most important element at the top loads with priority, on our fast hosting. That's how we work towards an LCP within the value Google recommends.