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LCP scores getting worse on mobile
1 reply · Started by Randy on June 18, 2021
I am having problems with my LCP mobile score (desktop somewhat too, but issue is much worse on mobile). It's trending worse and I'm scratching my head because the lab results seem to be mostly good, but both Google Search Console and ezoic are showing LCP trending red on mobile. But most test it shows the LCP element is just the page h1 element...which appears to load fast. So very confused what could be causing this. Sample pages in private box. Thank you for any advice on resolving this.
Hi there,
the H1 Element is pure HTML - so it requires no requests or any kind of code compilation or execution - so the issue is not with that element, but what the browser is having to do before it can be displayed. But in reality that Element loads really quickly which means google is having difficulty calculating the LCP Element and its timings.
Recently we have seen this issue a lot with Ezoic sites - you should speak to Ezoic about this as it seems to be the code they are injecting into the site causes google to have a bit of a fit.
